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    Islamic Art and Visual Culture : An Anthology of Sources / Edited by D. Fairchild Ruggles.

    • 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.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Ruggles, D. Fairchild.
    • Published/Created:Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, ©2011.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Islamic art and symbolism--History--Sources.
      Art and society--Islamic countries--History--Sources.
    • Description:ix, 186 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
    • Notes:"This edition first published 2011."
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781405154017 (hardcover : alk. paper)
      1405154012 (hardcover : alk. paper)
      9781405154024 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      1405154020 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • 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.
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