Islamic art, architecture and material culture : new perspectives
BAR international series, 2436
Congress
vii, 147 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles ; 30 cm.
9781407310350, 1407310356
818952990
Editor's note
Introduction / Robert Hillenbrand
I. Metalwork and textiles. The Freer canteen : Jerusalem or Jazira? / Teresa Fitzherbert
Mamluk textiles / Maria Sardi
The captivating power of textiles / Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga
II. Ceramics. Unravelling the enigmatic fourteenth-century Mamluk and Mongol fine wares : how to solve the problem / Rosalind A. Wade Haddon
Crossing borders : Mudéjar ceramics in Paterna / Anna McSweeney
The aesthetics of simulation : architectural mimicry on medieval ceramic tabourets / Margaret S. Graves
III. The built environment. A symbolic Khassakiyya : representations of the palace guard in murals and stucco sculpture / Melanie Gibson
The notion of time and the image of place : reflections on Islamic gardens / Saeid Khaghani
The public realm in central Damascus : 'where old and new meet' / Rema Haddad
IV. Arts of the book. The earliest Qurʼanic scripts / Marcus Fraser
The influence of oral narrating traditions on a frequently illustrated thirteenth-century manuscript / Filiz Adigüzel Toprak
Exile and adventure: Hassan Massoudy and Sindbad the Sailor / Sarah Sandow
"This collection of papers sprang from a workshop hosted in 2007 by the Centre for Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) at the University of Edinburgh."--Page iii