ISBN |
9788836641222 (softcover : Silvana Editorale) |
9789927108426 (softcover : Qatar Museums) |
Title |
Syria matters / [lead authors : Rania Abdellatif, Julia Gonnella, Kay Kohlmeyer] |
Publisher |
Doha : Qatar Museums, Milano : Silvana Editorale, 2018 |
Physical desc. |
239 pages (1 folded) ; illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm. |
Note |
Catalogue of an exhibition held 22 November 2018 to 30 April 2019, at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha. |
Gift of Qatar Museums. |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Syria: the pre-Islamic periods. Syria: cradle of civilization / Kay Kohlmeyer -- The beginning of human presence in Syria / Sultan Muhesen -- The supraregional sanctuary of the weather god of Aleppo (3rd-early 1st millennium BCE) / Kay Kohlmeyer -- Tell Halaf: cultural heritage between despair and daring rescue / Nadja Cholidis -- Phoenicia and the Greeks / Astrid Nunn -- Palmyra. Palmyra: city in the 'desert' / Kay Kohlmeyer -- Palmyra in the 18th century: Louis-François Cassas / Sophie Bostock -- Palmyra in the 18th century: Louis Vignes / Giles M. Hudson -- Syria under the Banu Umayya. Language of power, architecture of faith: Syria under the Banu Umayya / Rania Abdellatif -- Manuscripts of the Holy Qur'an in the Umayyad period / Claus-Peter Haase -- Syria under the Banu Ayyub and Mamalik. Citadels of erudition, paths of glory: Syria under the Banu Ayyub and Mamalik / Rania Abdellatif -- Scholarship in Syria under the Banu Ayyub and Mamalik / Konrad Hirschler -- The Cavour vase from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha / Rachel Ward -- Syria under the Banu Uthman. Syria under the Ottomans / Julia Gonnella -- 'A merchant of the Levant Company, Aleppo beyond' by Andrea Soldi / Kholood Marzook Al Fahad -- A slumbering treasure: a splendid 'Ajami room from Damascus / Anke Scharrahs -- Essays. Syria under the French Mandate, 1918-1946 / Pierre Fournié -- Marwan / Venetia Porter -- Aleppo: a musical legacy / Muhammad Qadri Dalal. |
Corporate name |
Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar) -- Exhibitions |
Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Exhibitions |
Art -- Syria -- Exhibitions |
Islamic art -- Syria -- Exhibitions |
Islamic art objects -- Syria -- Catalogs |
Syria -- Civilization -- Exhibitions |
Syria -- History -- Exhibitions |
Added name(s) |
Abdellatif, Rania |
Gonnella, Julia |
Kohlmeyer, Kay |
Added name(s) - Corporate |
Qatar Museums Authority |