Bound edition of paintings, drawings, calligraphy, writings or a combination of these, by a single or several artists. This article deals with its existence in the East, where it was a common format for illustration; a special case in the West was the ALBUM AMICORUM. (See also MOUNTING.)

• albums
  • historical and regional traditions
    • China
      • China, §IV, 2(vii)(a): Calligraphy: Early Qing
      • China, §V, 3(iv)(a): Landscape painting: Historical development
      • Mounting, §2(i): China
    • Indian subcontinent
      • Indian subcontinent, §VI, 1(i)(b): Manuscript painting: Overview
      • Indian sub., §VI, 4(i)(c): Mughal ptg styles, 16th–19th centuries: Jahangir period
      • Mounting, §3: Islamic lands and India
    • Iran
      • Islamic art, §III, 4(v)(c): Painted book illustration: Iraq and Iran, c 1350–c 1400
    • Islamic
      • Islamic art, §III: Arts of the book
      • Islamic art, §III, 1: Arts of the book: Introduction
      • Islamic art, §III, 2(iii)(c): Calligraphy, c 900–c 1400: The Six Pens
    • Nepal
      • Nepal, §V, 2(ii): Painting: Influence of Indian miniatures
      • Nepal, §VIII, 1: Museum collections outside Nepal
  • individual manuscripts
    • Amir Ghayb Beg Album (Istanbul, Topkapi Pal. Lib., H. 2161)
      • Mir Sayyid Ahmad
      • Muzaffar `Ali
    • Anwan Album (Senoku Hakkokan)
      • China, §V, 3(v)(e): Painting: Animals, birds and plants
    • Arenberg Album (Liège, Cab. Est. & Dessins)
      • Arenberg
      • Lombard, Lambert
    • Berlin Album (Berlin, Staatsbib.)
      • Islamic art, §III, 2(iv)(b): Calligraphy, c 1400–c 1800: New scripts
      • Islamic art, §III, 4(vi)(d): Painted book illustration, c 1500–c 1900: Indian subcontinent
      • Kesu Das
    • Churchill Album (London, BM, Or. MS. 4938)
      • Aqa Buzurg
      • Muhammad Hasan Afshar
    • Davis Album (New York, Met., MS. 30. 95. 174)
      • `Aliquli Jabbadar
      • Muhammad Zaman
    • Diez Albums (Berlin, Staatsbib. Preuss. Kultbes., Orientabt., Diez A. fol. 70-72)
      • Rashid al-Din
    • Fitzwilliam Album
      • Basawan, §1: Early works
    • Freshfield Album (Cambridge, Trinity College Library, O.17.2)
      • Early Christian IV, 2(ii)(a): Non-architectural stone reliefs, 4th–6th centuries
    • Gulshan Album (Tehran, Gulistan Pal. Lib.)
      • Aqa Riza (i)
      • Islamic art, §III, 4(vi)(d): Painted book illustration, c 1500–c 1900: Indian subcontinent
    • Hermitage Album
      • Islamic art, §III, 4(vi)(a): Painted book illustration: Iran, c 1500–c 1750
    • Jahangir Album
      • Dust Muhammad
    • Johnson Album
      • Indian subcontinent, §VI, 4(vi)(c): Deccani painting styles, 16th century–1947: Golconda
    • Kevorkian Album (New York, Met., MS. 55. 121. 10)
      • Balchand
      • Daulat
      • Indian sub., §VI, 4(i)(d): Mughal ptg styles, 16th–19th centuries: Shah Jahan period
      • Kevorkian, Hagop
    • Minto Album (Dublin, Chester Beatty Lib., MS. 7; London, V&A, I.M. 8 to 28-1925)
      • Govardhan
      • Islamic art, §III, 4(vi)(d): Painted book illustration, c 1500–c 1900: Indian subcontinent
    • Muraqqa`-i gulshan see GULSHAN ALBUM
    • St Bruno Album (Paris, Louvre)
      • Le Sueur, Eustache, §1(ii): Early maturity and the `Severe’ style, c 1645–52
    • van Caloen album (Loppem, Sticht. van Caloen)
      • Gilbert, Alfred, §1(ii): Sculpture, medals, goldsmith’s work and jewellery, 1885–1901
      • Gilbert, Alfred, §2: Working methods and technique
    • Ya`qub Beg Albums (Istanbul, Topkapi Pal. Lib., H 2153 and H. 2160)
      • Darvish Muhammad
      • Siyah Qalam
  • types
    • accordion-folded see under BOOKS -> forms -> accordion-books
    • butterfly books see under BOOKS -> forms
    • stitched-bound books see under BOOKS -> forms
  • uses
    • cartes-de-visite
      • Photography, §I, 2: Processes and materials: Glossary
    • drawings
      • Display of art
      • Display of art, §IV: Drawings, prints and watercolours
  • see also BOOKS; MANUSCRIPTS; TABLETS