If ever you have wished to be transported to a story-book world, you have only to gaze long enough at the paintings of the Padshahnama. Forty-six brilliantly coloured illustrations from an imperial manuscript thake you back 350 years to the powerful and opulent reign of Shaa Jahan, Emperor of India who had do grandly designated himself ' King of the World.'

A contemporary of Galileo and Rembrandt, Shah Jahan blazed his own eclectic trail. The Padshahnama chronicles his persona, his reign, painted by court artists so skilled, the paintings are considered amongst the finest works of art. Exquisite in their minutest detail, they are jewel -like and luminous. A feast for the eyes.