[Pt. 1] EARLY PHASES OF THE PICTORIAL ARTS. The proclamation of universal power (the Umayyad Monuments, 691-750) ; The pleasures of the court (the early 'Abbâsid period, 9th to mid-12th century) ; The emergent awareness of the everyday world (Egypt and Iraq, 11th century)

[Pt. 2] THE FLOWERING OF THE ART OF THE BOOK. General remarks on the manuscripts of the late 12th to the middle of the 13th century ; The princely style in the Persian manner ; Byzantine art in Islamic garb ; The Arab-Muslim contribution ; The interplay of cultural strains ; Fulfillment in Baghdad ; Life encompassed, I: the external world ; Life encompassed, II: the agonies of love

[Pt. 3] THE BEGINNING OF THE END. The impact of the Mongol invasion ; The formalization of miniature painting in the Bahîr Mamlûk period (1250-1390) ; On styles and production centers ; The Turkish element in manuscript painting

[Pt. 4] Koran illuminations from the late 9th to the 14th century

[Pt. 5] THE FINAL PHASE. Last ventures in Arab painting.