The Islamic Manuscript Tradition
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The Islamic Manuscript Tradition

Ten Centuries of Book Arts in Indiana University Collections

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Islamic Manuscript Tradition

Ten Centuries of Book Arts in Indiana University Collections

About this book

Over the course of ten centuries, Islam developed a rich written heritage that is visible in paintings, calligraphies, and manuscripts. The Islamic Manuscript Tradition explores this aspect of Islamic history with studies of the materials and tools of literate culture, including pens, inks, and papers, Qur'ans, Persian and Mughal illustrated manuscripts, Ottoman devotional works, cartographical manuscripts, printed books, and Islamic erotica. Seven essays present new scholarship on a wide range of topics including collection, miniaturization, illustrated devotional books, the history of the printing press in Islamic lands, and the presence and function of erotic paintings. This beautifully produced volume includes 111 color illustrations and provides a valuable new resource for students and scholars of Islamic art.

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Information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780253353771
eBook ISBN
9780253029201
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. 1 Introduction: Islamic Book Arts in Indiana University Collections
  11. 2 Ruth E. Adomeit: an Ambassador for Miniature Books
  12. 3 Between Amulet and Devotion: Islamic Miniature Books in the Lilly Library
  13. 4 A Pious Cure-All: the Ottoman Illustrated Prayer Manual In the Lilly Library
  14. 5 Ä°brahim MĆ¼teferrika and the Age of the Printed Manuscript
  15. 6 An Ottoman View of the World: The Kitab CihannĆ¼ma and its Cartographic Contexts
  16. 7 The Lilly Shamshir Khani in a Franco-Sikh Context: A Non-Islamic ā€œIslamicā€ Manuscript
  17. 8 An Amuletic Manuscript: Baraka and Nyama in a Sub-Saharan African Prayer Manual
  18. Bibliography
  19. List of Contributors