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A complete bibliography can be found in the exhibition catalogue, The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Arts and Culture in Western Asia, 1256–1353 (edited by Linda Komaroff and Stefano Carboni, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002), available in the online Met Store.