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Word of God, art of Man: the Qur'an and its creative expressions : selected proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 8-21 October 2003

Word of God, art of Man: the Qur'an and its creative expressions : selected proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 8-21 October 2003
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ISBN 9780199238354
Title Word of God, art of Man : the Qur'an and its creative expressions : selected proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 8-21 October 2003
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2007
Physical desc. xxi, 330 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm
Series Qur'anic studies series 4
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references, index and glossary
Contents Introduction. -- The Qur'an as a source of artistic inspiration / Oleg Grabar. -- Beyond the secular and the sacred: Qur'anic inscriptions in medieval Islamic art and material culture / Doris Behrens-Abouseif. -- Arts of the Celestial Pen: Qur'ans from the Library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies / Duncan Haldane. -- Qur'anic inscriptions on Sinan's imperial mosques: a comparison with their Safavid and Mughal counterparts / Gülru Necipoglu. -- 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truthfulness and righteousness': Qur'anic inscriptions on Fatimid coinage, AH296-488/AD 909-1095 / Alnoor Jehangir Merchant. -- Amulets inscribed with the names of the 'Seven Sleepers' of Ephesus in the British Museum / Venetia Porter. -- A magic mirror in the Louvre and additional observations on the use of magic mirrors in contemporary Yemen / Anne Regourd. -- Persian glosses on a Qur'anic manuscript from Central Asia / Marie Efthymiou. -- The Art of Qur'anic penmanship and illumination among Muslim scholars in southwestern Nigeria / Ishmaheel Akinade Jimoh. -- The art of the Qur'an in Southeast Asia / Annabel Teh Gallop. -- Qur'anic inscription in woodcarvings from the Malay Peninsula / Huism Tan. -- Sacred calligraphy in contemporary art / Ayse Turgut. -- Ka'ba covers from the Topkapi Palace collection and their inscriptions / Hülya Tezcan. -- Qur'anic inscriptions on the so-called 'Pennon of Las Navas de Tolosa' and three Marinid banners / Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga. -- Written, spoken, envisioned: the many facets of the Qur'an in art / Sheila S. Blair.
Subject Koran -- Congresses
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic -- Congresses
Art, Islamic -- Congresses
Added name(s) Suleman, Fahmida ed.
Added name(s) - Corporate Institute of Ismaili Studies
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