Overview

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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Author:   Christiane Gruber ,  Janet Rauscher ,  Heather Coffey
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.629kg
ISBN:  

9780253353771

ISBN 10:   0253353777
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   31 December 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Oleg GrabarPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Islamic Book Arts in Indiana University Collections / Christiane Gruber2. Ruth E. Adomeit: An Ambassador for Miniature Books / Janet Rauscher 3. Between Amulet and Devotion: Islamic Miniature Books in the Lilly Library / Heather Coffey4. A Pious Cure-All: The Ottoman Illustrated Prayer Manual in the Lilly Library / Christiane Gruber5. Ibrahim Muteferrika and the Age of the Printed Manuscript / Yasemin Gencer6. An Ottoman View of the World: The Kitab Cihannuma and Its Cartographic Contexts / Emily Zoss7. The Lilly Shamshir Khani in a Franco-Sikh Context: A Non-Islamic Islamic Manuscript / Brittany Payeur8. An Amuletic Manuscript: Baraka and Nyama in a Sub-Saharan African Prayer Manual / Kitty JohnsonBibliographyList of Contributors

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Includes so much new and unpublished material ... [and] it puts the collection of Islamic manuscripts at Indiana University on the map. Stefano Carboni, Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Author Information

Christiane Gruber is Assistant Professor of Islamic Art at Indiana University Bloomington. She is editor (with Frederick S. Colby) of The Prophet's Ascension: Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic Mi'raj Tales (IUP, 2009) and author of The Timurid Book of Ascension (Mi'rajnama): A Study of Text and Image in a Pan-Asian Context and The Ilkhanid Book of Ascension: A Persian-Sunni Prayer Manual.

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