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Islamic Art and Visual Culture : An Anthology of Sources / Edited by D. Fairchild Ruggles.
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Title:Islamic Art and Visual Culture : An Anthology of Sources / Edited by D. Fairchild Ruggles.
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Variant Title:Islamic Art & Visual Culture.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Ruggles, D. Fairchild.
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Published/Created:Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, ©2011.
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: N6260 .I823 2011
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 Missing - 09-10-2019
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Call Number: N6260 .I823 2011
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Library of Congress Subjects:Islamic art and symbolism--History--Sources.
Art and society--Islamic countries--History--Sources.
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Description:ix, 186 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Notes:"This edition first published 2011."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9781405154017 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405154012 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781405154024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1405154020 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Foundations: Religious, Political, Juridical, and Administrative Documents from Early Islam and Places in Transition
1.1. Qur'an: On Paradise
1.2. Qur'an: On the Qibla
1.3. Hadith: On Waqf
1.4. Ibn cAsakir: The Pact of cUmar
2. Behavior, Gifts, Treasuries, and Collections
2.1. Kitab al-hadaya wa al-tuhaf: A Description of Wedding Gifts
2.2. Al-Muqaddasi: A Description of the Shiraz Library
2.3. Kutadgu Bilig: A "Mirror for Princes" on the Qualifications of a Gatekeeper and the Etiquette for Feasts
2.4. Kitab al-hadaya wa al-tuhaf: On the Looting of the Fatimid Treasury
2.5. Al-Ghazali: On the Magnanimity of Kings
2.6. Ibn Khaldun: On the Emblems of Sovereignty
2.7. Safiye: Letter to Queen Elizabeth I
2.8. Tavernier: On the Ottoman Mosaic Collection
3. Art
Workshops, Guilds, and Crafts in General
3.1. Ikhwan al-Safa': On the Education of Craftsmen
3.2. Clavijo: On Timurid Trade with China
3.3. Ahmad Ibn cArabshah: On Timur's Seizure and Relocation of Artisans
3.4. Khwandamir: On Guilds and an Extraordinary Work of Glass
3.5. Report from a Book Workshop
3.6. Bernier: On Artisans in Delhi
Calligraphy and Scribes
3.7. Ibn Qutayba: On the Education of a Scribe
3.8. Ibn al-Nadim: On the Transmission and Authorization of Books
3.9. Al-Ghazali: On Pens and Secretaries
3.10. Rashid al-Din: On His Atelier Endowment
3.11. Simi Nishapuri: A Treatise on Papers, Color, and Ink
3.12. Mawlana Sultan-cAli: A Treatise on Writing
3.13. Khwandamir: A Biographical Sketch of a Timurid Calligrapher
3.14. Calligraphy Sample Sheet
3.15. Qadi Ahmad: On the Invention of the Pen
Painting
3.16. Sadiqi Beg: A Treatise on Painting
3.17. Abu'l-Fazl cAllami: On Painting the Human Figure
3.18. Jahangir: A Painting of a Flying Rodent and a Portrait Gallery
3.19. Evliya Celebi: An Account of Manuscript Defacement
Textiles
3.20. Al-Bayhaqi: On Tiraz-stamped Paper and Textiles
3.21. Al-Mascudi: On the Patronage of Textiles
3.22. Egyptian Tiraz Inscription
3.23. Narshakhi: On Bukhara's Cloth
3.24. Ibn al-Balkhi: On Linen Manufacture
3.25. Geniza Letter Regarding Trade and Market Prices
Ceramics, Glass, Ivory, and Other Media
3.26. Abu al-Qasim: On Ceramic Luster and Gilding
3.27. Ibn Battuta: On Chinese Porcelain
3.28. Mosque Lamp with Blazon
3.29. Clavijo: On Timurid Emblems
3.30. Clavijo: A Golden Tree
3.31. Four Coins
3.32. Jahangir Strikes a New Kind of Coin
Geometry, Aesthetics
3.33. Ibn Hazm: On Vision
3.34. Ibn al-Haytham: On Vision
4. Space: Architecture and Urbanism
4.1. cAbd al-Rahman III: On Architecture and Immortality
Architectural Technique
4.2. Ibn Khaldun: On Mudbrick and Stucco
4.3. Abu'l-Fazl cAllami: On Building Materials and Technique
4.4. Cacfar Efendi: On Names of Colors and Marbles
Architectural Types and Elements
4.5. Al-Bukhari: A Hadith on the First Minbar
4.6. Ibn Khaldun: On the Adoption of the Maqsura
4.7. Al-Maqrizi: The Dar al-imara of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun
4.8. Badi al-Zaman al-Hamadani: A Bathhouse Visit
4.9. Al-Wansharisi Answers a Query about Qibla
4.10. Abu'l-Fazl: On Illumination and Candlesticks
Urbanism and Land
4.11. Hilal al-Sabi': Estimating the Number of Bathhouses in Baghdad
4.12. Ibn cAbdun: A Hisba Manual for Seville
4.13. Ibn Khaldun: On the Role of the Market Supervisor
4.14. Al-Wansharisi Answers a Query about Waqf Violation
5. Places
Pre-Islamic
5.1. Qur'an: Bilqis and the Glass Floor
Arabian Peninsula
5.2. Nasir-i Khusraw: A Description of the Kaaba
5.3. Ibn Jubayr: A Description of the Mosaics in the Medina Mosque
Syria, Jordan, and Environs
5.4. Dome of the Rock Inscriptions
5.5. Al-Yacqubi: On the Dome of the Rock as a Pilgrimage Site
5.6. Al-Baladhuri: How the Muslim Community Obtained the Site for the Mosque of Damascus
5.7. Ibn Shaddad: On Rusafa
5.8. Ibn Jubayr: A Description of Aleppo's Citadel
Iraq
5.9. Al-Baladhuri: On the Founding of Kufa
5.10. Al-Mascudi: On the Founding of Samarra
5.11. Kitab al-hadaya wa al-tuhaf: A Reception of Byzantine Ambassadors in Baghdad
Al-Andalus
5.12. Ibn cIdhari: On the Mosque of Cordoba
5.13. Signatures of Stone Masons in the Mosque of Cordoba
5.14. cAbd al-Rahman I: Ode to a Palm Tree
5.15. Ibn Ghalib: On the Construction of Madinat al-Zahra'
5.16. Al-Maqqari: A Description of a Glass Pavilion in Toledo
5.17. Navagero: On the Alhambra
Maghreb, Africa, and Sicily
5.18. Ziza Palace Inscriptions
5.19. Ibn Naji al-Tanukhi: The Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Kairouan
5.20. Al-Muqaddasi: A Description of Sabra al-Mansuriyya
5.21. Ibn Marzuq: On Merinid Madrasas and Zawiyas
5.22. Ibn Marzuq: On Merinid Bridges and Fountains
5.23. cAbd Salam Shabeni: A Description of Timbuktu
Egypt
5.24. Mufaddal ibn Abi al-Fada'il: On the Fatimid Processions to the Four Mosques
5.25. Nasir-i Khusraw: A Description of the Fatimid Palace in Cairo
5.26. Ibn Battuta: A Description of Cairo's Cemeteries
5.27. Al-Maqrizi: On the Foundation of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Sultan Salih Nejm al-Din Ayyub
5.28. Baybars al-Jashankir's Waqfiyya
5.29. Al-Maqrizi: On the Organization of the Sultan Qala'un Hospital in Cairo
5.30. Inscription on the Facade of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Sultan Qala'un
5.31. Al-Maqrizi: A Description of the Madrasa al-Nasiriya's Gothic Portal
Turkey and the Ottoman Empire
5.32. Ibn Battuta: On a Church Conversion in Bursa
5.33. Evliya Celebi: A Description of the Ulu Cami in Bursa
5.34. Kritovoulos: On the Ottoman Conquest and Reconstruction of Istanbul
5.35. Inscription on the Imperial Gate of the Topkapi Palace
5.36. Evliya Celebi: A Description of the Topkapi Palace
5.37. Sinan: On Building the Selimiye Mosque
5.38. Hafiz Huseyin al-Ayvansarayi: A Description of the Suleymaniye Mosque
5.39. Mustafa b. Ahmed cAli: On Building with Booty
5.40. Tavernier: A Description of the Topkapi Diwan
5.41. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Harem Visits
Iran and Central Asia
5.42. Narshakhi: On the Images on the Doors of the Bukhara Mosque
5.43. Inscription on the Gunbad-i Qabus
5.44. Abu cAmr al-Juzjani: A Description of the Ghurid Palace in Firuz-Kuh
5.45. Babur: A Description of Samarkand
5.46. Babur: On the Construction of the Bagh-i Wafa
5.47. Clavijo: A Description of the Aq Saray near Samarkand
5.48. Sharaf al-Din cAli Yazdi: A Description of the Dilgusha Garden
5.49. Junabadi: A Description of Isfahan
5.50. Iskandar Beg Munshi: A Description of the Masjid-i Shah in Isfahan
5.51. Olearius: A Description of Uljaytu's Tomb in Sultaniyya
South Asia
5.52. Ibn Battuta: A Description of Delhi and the Qutb Minar
5.53. Firuz Shah: On Architectural Restoration
5.54. Tarikh-i Da'udi: On the Destruction of Hindu Idols
5.55. Babur Plans a Garden in Agra
5.56. Gulbadan Begam: On Building Projects in Agra and Dholpur
5.57. Nizam al-Din Ahmad Haravi: On the Foundation of Fatehpur-Sikri
5.58. cInayat Khan: On the Building of the Diwan-i Amm in the Agra Fort
5.59. cInayat Khan: On the Construction of the Taj Mahal
5.60. cInayat Khan: On Water Problems at the Shalimar Gardens in Lahore
5.61. Francois Bernier: A Description of Shahjahanabad
5.62. Thevenot: A Description of Aurangzeb's Birthday Celebration
East Asia
5.63. Ibn Battuta: On Caravanserais and Mosques in China.