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Author:   Pedro Moura Carvalho ,  Wheeler M. Thackston ,  Wheeler M Thackston ,  Pedro M Moura Carvalho
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   1.558kg
ISBN:  

9789004211490

ISBN 10:   9004211497
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   25 November 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: Father Jerome Xavier and the Third Jesuit Mission to the Mughal Court: Historical, Political and Religious Contexts CHAPTER ONE: A LIFE OF FATHER JEROME XAVIER 1.1. Background and literary production 1.2. A bio-bibliographical survey 1.3. Early and contemporary Lives of Christ CHAPTER TWO: THE MIR'AT AL-QUDS IN CONTEXT 2.1. A bibliographical survey of the Mir'at al-quds and its reception in European literature 2.2. Identifying the literary sources used by Father Jerome Xavier 2.3. An interpretation of the Abgar episode and some further considerations 2.4. The complexities of writing about Christ for a Muslim audience 2.5. Copying the Mir'at al-quds CHAPTER THREE: VISUALIZING THE MIR'AT AL-QUDS: CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, ACC. NO. 2005.145 3.1. The miniatures of the Cleveland Mir'at al-quds 3.2. The missing miniatures and their themes 3.3. Salim as the patron of the Cleveland Mir'at al-quds illustrated at Allahabad (1602-04) 3.4. A brief survey of the life of Christ in Islamic painting and literature CHAPTER FOUR: CATALOGUE OF THE CLEVELAND MIR'AT AL-QUDS, ACC. NO. 2005.145 4.1. Cat. Nos. I-XXVII 4.2. A list of the miniatures, with corresponding pages in Father Jerome's text (in the Cleveland copy of the Mir'at al-quds) CHAPTER FIVE: A TRANSLATION OF THE MIR'AT AL-QUDS BY W. M. THACKSTON, WITH NOTES BY P. MOURA CARVALHO 5.1. Translator's Preface 5.2. Preamble 5.3. Part One: Christ's childhood 5.4. Part Two: His miracles and teachings 5.5. Part Three: His trials, tribulations, and death 5.6. Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven CHAPTER SIX: AN ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MIR'AT AL-QUDS BY W. M. THACKSTON 6.1. Preamble 6.1. Part One: Christ's childhood 6.2. Part Two: His miracles and teachings 6.3. Part Three: His trials, tribulations, and death 6.4. Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven APPENDIX I: Some Technical Aspects of the Cleveland Mir'at al-quds APPENDIX II: Order of Folios in the Cleveland Mir'at al-quds, by W.M. Thackston BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Pedro Moura Carvalho, Ph.D. (2003) in Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is chief curator of the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. He has published extensively on the European contribution to the arts of India, Iran, and China. Among his works are Luxury for Export, Artistic Exchange between India and Portugal (2008), and Gems and Jewels of Mughal India in the Khalili Collection (2010). Wheeler M. Thackston is Professor of the Practice in Persian and Other Near Eastern Languages, retired, at Harvard University. Among his publications for the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture are A Century of Princes: Sources on Timurid History and Art (1989), and Album Prefaces and Other Documents on the History of Calligraphers and Painters (2001). He has also translated the memoirs of Mughal emperors, such as the Baburnama (1996) and the Jahangirnama (1999).

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