'A Prince's Manuscript Unbound' in the Wall Street Journal
"Among Asia Week's more than 10,000 works on display, the 55-year-old Asia Society has scored a coup for its museum, with a display of a 15th-century manuscript version of "The Shahnamah," the epic Persian poem also known as the Book of Kings. In finely detailed paintings, more than 30 miniatures depict both mythical and historical tales of rulers, including battles, love scenes and hunts. The book's owner, London's Royal Asiatic Society, has unbound the volume for conservation work, so visitors can see all the paintings," writes the Wall Street Journal. Click here to read the full story.