Islamic Art

ISBN: 9781909339040
Published by : Medina Publishing
Since the 7th century, Islamic artists, artisans, architects and craftsmen have attempted in their work to reflect their beliefs and cultural values in the most beautiful way they can in every medium and material available to them... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907372438
Published by : Paul Holberton Publishing
Vartan of Nazareth: Missionary and Medical Pioneer in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East relates the little-known story of a medical hero who founded a hospital in Nazareth 150 years ago and records the remarkable achievements of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094570
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, howev... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700138792
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Denkschriften der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 363
This volume has been published to provide a description of the most important illuminated codices in Turkish held by the Manuscript Collection of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. These codices are furnished with gilded ornamental decora... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700136460
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
What is special about this manuscript? The poet Khaqani-Shirvani - usually known as Khaqani - is considered one of the great early classical authors of Persian literature, despite his controversial idiosyncratic and complex style. The poem, un... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199201952
Published by : Oxford University Press
The 26 Oriental manuscripts (41 treatises) now at St John's College, Oxford, reflect the varying ways in which Europeans have sought to make themselves familiar with the cultures of the East. Acquired during the seventeenth to nineteenth centur... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515050159
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland (VOHD)
Volume: 17,B 4
Der Bestand der SUB an arabischen Handschriften ist zum ersten Mal 1894 katalogisiert worden und beschreibt 135 Handschriften. An diesen Katalog knuepft der vorliegende mit Cod. Ms. arab. 136 als erster und Cod. Ms. arab. 180 als letzter beschrieb... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780856687440
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: A & P MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
The original manuscript of On Hunting was presented to the Hafsid Sultan of North Africa al-Mustansir bi-Allah, known as al-Mansur, in 1247. He was a passionate hunter with Saluqis, falcons and other predators on his estate at Bizerte. The com... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515070065
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland (VOHD)
Der zweite Band der "Afrikanischen Handschriften" ist den islamischen Handschriften aus Äthiopien gewidmet. Er beschreibt die 88 Handschriften der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Sammlung des Autors) und des Archivs der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akadem... .... Learn More