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Bronze Age gold treasures for Scottish display
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/bronze-age-gold-treasures-for-scottish-display-1-3566014Bronze Age gold treasures for Scottish display
The Scotsman
by BRIAN FERGUSON
08 October 2014
DOZENS of golden treasures from the Royal Family’s vast art collection are heading to Scotland for the first time for a major new exhibition.
Rarely-seen sacred and ceremonial pieces dating as far back as the early Bronze Age will be brought together for a public display at the Queen’s official residence north of the Border next year.
The art gallery at Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyroodhouse will play host to the exhibition, which will feature at least 60 different items...
...A star attraction is expected to be the finest Islamic manuscript in the Royal Collection, the Padshahnama, which was written on paper flecked with gold and features 44 illustrations depicting the Mughal imperial court in India. Presented to George III by the governor of India in 1797, it forms an official record of the first ten years of the reign of Shah-Jahan, fifth Mughal emperor and builder of the Taj Mahal..... MORE at link posted above.