SASANIAN SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD GANS

By Guitty Azarpay 

With Contributions by Catherine Demos, Edward Gans, Lydia Gans, Wolfgang Heimpel, Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, Sanjyot Mehendale and Jeanette Zerneke

I  PREFACEBy Anne Draffkorn KilmerII  CONTENTSIII  FOREWORDBy Guitty Azarpay and Wolfgang HeimpelAcknowledgementsComposition of the CollectionIV  INTRODUCTORY REMARKSBy Lydia Gans, Daughter of the Late Edward Gans
V  “HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT”By Edward Gans, 1989
VI  INTRODUCTION TO THE CATALOGUEBy Guitty Azarpay
History and Composition of the Sasanian Seals in the Gans Collection

Organization of the Catalog
Particulars of the Sasanian Seals
Gans' Interest in Seals
Function and Patronage
Note on the Inscriptions, by Philippe Gignoux
Stones and Materials
Shapes
Artistic Style
Iconographic Theme
Chronology
Meaning in Sasanian Art
A Historical Overview
The Meaning of the Imagery on Sasanian Seals
List of Motifs on the Sasanian Seals and on Seal-Related Objects in the Gans Collection

VII  NOTE ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SEALS
By Sanjyot Mehendale
VIII  CREATION OF THE ARCHIVE
By Catherine Demos
IX  ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION
By Jeanette Zerneke
X  BIBLIOGRAPHY