Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 839 g
Reihe: Qur'anic Studies Series
Selected Proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 18-21 October 2003
Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 839 g
Reihe: Qur'anic Studies Series
ISBN: 978-0-19-959149-7
Verlag: Hurst & Co.
Muslim reverence for the Qur'an as the Word of God has manifested itself in various artistic forms throughout history and up to the present day. This innovative collection of essays explores creative expressions of the Qur'an in a wide range of media. Contributors include museum curators and leading academics in art and architectural history, palaeography and material anthropology, and their studies span four continents and cover topics from medieval coins and early illuminated
copies of the Qur'an to contemporary painting. They offer a multidisciplinary approach to the questions of how, why and in what contexts the Qur'an has inspired Muslim artists and craftspeople to adorn the spaces they inhabit and the objects they cherish with its verses. The volume includes 120 colour
illustrations, some published for the first time, and an extensive bibliography.
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1: Fahmida Suleman: Introduction
Opening Reflections
2: Oleg Grabar: 1 The Qur'an as a source of artistic inspiration
Qur'anic Calligraphy and Inscriptions in the Medieval Muslim World
3: Doris Behrens-Abouseif: Beyond the secular and the sacred: Qur'anic inscriptions in medieval Islamic art and material culture
4: Duncan Haldane: Arts of the 'Celestial Pen': Qur'ans from the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies
5: Gülru Necipoglu: Qur'anic inscriptions on Sinan's imperial mosques: a comparison with their Safavid and Mughal counterparts
6: Alnoor Jehangir Merchant: 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truthfulness and righteousness': Qur'anic inscriptions on Fatimid coinage, AH 296-488/AD 909-1095
Amulets, Talismans and Magic
7: Venetia Porter: Amulets inscribed with the names of the 'Seven Sleepers' of Ephesus in the British Museum
8: Anne Regourd: A magic mirror in the Louvre and additional observations on the use of magic mirrors in Yemen today
9: Marie Efthymiou: Persian glosses on a Qur'anic manuscript from Central Asia
The Qur'anic Text in Recent Times
10: Ismaheel Akinade Jimoh: The art of Qur'anic penmanship and illumination among Muslim scholars in southwestern Nigeria
11: Annabel Teh Gallop: The art of the Qur'an in Southeast Asia
12: Huism Tan: Qur'anic inscriptions on woodcarvings from the Malay Peninsula
13: Ayse Turgut: Sacred calligraphy in contemporary art
Qur'anic Inscriptions on Textiles
14: Hülya Tezcan: Ka'ba covers and their inscriptions
15: Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga: Qur'anic inscriptions on the so-called 'Pennon of Las Navas de Tolosa' and three Marinid banners
Final Reflections
16: Sheila S. Blair: Written, spoken, envisioned: the many facets of the Qur'an in art
