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Mirʼāt al-quds (Mirror of holiness) a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar : a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier’s text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145

Mirʼāt al-quds (Mirror of holiness) a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar : a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier’s text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145
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ISBN 9004211497 (hbk.)
9789004211490 (hbk.)
Author Carvalho, Pedro de Moura
Title Mirʼāt al-quds (Mirror of holiness) : a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar : a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier’s text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145 / by Pedro Moura Carvalho ; with a translation and annotated transcription of the text by Wheeler M. Thackston
Publisher Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012
Physical desc. x, 384 p. ; col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Series Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture 12
Note Muqarnas supplement
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-378) and index.
Contents Introduction. Father Jerome Xavier and the third Jesuit mission to the Mughal court: historical, political, and religious contexts -- A life of Father Jerome Xavier. Background and literary production -- A bio-bibliographical survey -- Early and contemporary Lives of Christ -- The Mirʼāt al-quds in context. A bibliographical survey of the Mirʼāt al-quds and its reception in European literature -- Identifying the literary sources used by Father Jerome Xavier: The Old Testament; The New Testament; The apocryphal gospels: on the lives of Mary and Jesus; Abgar's letter; Religious literature and other historical texts -- An interpretation of the Abgar episode and some further considerations: Additional reflections on the Mirʼāt al-quds -- The complexities of writing about Christ for a Muslim audience: Disputes and compromises: the role of Mary -- Copying the Mirʼāt al-quds -- Visualizing the Mirʼāt al-quds: Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145. The miniatures of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds -- The missing miniatures and their themes -- Salim as the patron of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds illustrated at Allahabad (1602-4) -- A brief survey of the life of Christ in Islamic painting and literature -- Catalogue of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds, Acc. no. 2005.145. Cat. nos. I-XXVII -- A list of the miniatures, with corresponding pages in Father Jerome's text (in the Cleveland copy of the Mirʼāt al-quds) -- A translation of the Mirʼāt al-quds by W.M. Thackston, with notes by P. Moura Carvalho. Tranlsator's preface -- Preamble -- Part one: Christ's childhood -- Part two: His miracles and teachings -- Part three: His trials, tribulations, and death -- Part four: His resurrection from the grave and ascension into Heaven -- An annotated transcription of the Mirʼāt al-quds by W.M. Thackston. Preamble -- Part one: Christ's childhood -- Part two: His miracles and teachings -- Part three: His trials, tribulations, and death -- Part four: His resurrection from the grave and ascension into Heaven.
Person as subject Javier, Jerónimo -- 1549-1617 -- Dāstān-i Masīḥ
Jesus Christ -- Biography
Jesus Christ -- Art
Akbar -- Emperor of Hindustan -- 1542-1605
Corporate name Cleveland Museum of Art -- Manuscripts
Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul
Added name(s) Thackston, W. M. (Wheeler McIntosh) 1944-
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