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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148598503321

Titolo

The Islamic Manuscript Tradition : Ten Centuries of Book Arts in Indiana University Collections / / edited by Christiane Gruber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-253-02920-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Altri autori (Persone)

GruberChristiane J. <1976->

Disciplina

091.091767

Soggetti

Manuscripts, Turkish - Indiana - Bloomington

Manuscripts, Persian - Indiana - Bloomington

Manuscripts, Arabic - Indiana - Bloomington

Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts

Early printed books - Islamic Empire

Islam - Manuscripts

Islamic civilization - Manuscripts

Manuscripts - Islamic Empire

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Islamic book arts in Indiana University collections / Christiane Gruber -- Ruth E. Adomeit : an ambassador for miniature books / Janet Rauscher -- Between amulet and devotion: Islamic miniature books in the Lilly Library / Heather Coffey -- A pious cure-all : the Ottoman illustrated prayer manual in the Lilly Library / Christiane Gruber -- İbrahim Müteferrika and the age of the printed manuscript / Yasemin Gencer -- An Ottoman view of the world : the Kitab Cihannüma and its cartographic contexts / Emily Zoss -- The Lilly Shamshir Khani in a Franco-Sikh context : a non-Islamic "Islamic" manuscript / Brittany Payeur -- An amuletic manuscript : baraka and nyama in a Sub-Saharan African prayer manual / Kitty Johnson.