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Constructing the image of Muhammad in Europe

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ISBN	3110300826 (pbk.)
ISBN	9783110300826 (pbk.)
Title	Constructing the image of Muhammad in Europe / edited by Avinoam Shalem ; co-authored by Michelina Di Cesare, Heather Coffey, and Alberto Saviello
Publisher	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2013
Physical desc.	vi, 160 p. ; ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 25 cm.
Note	"This book is representative of a larger interdisciplinary research project entitled Crossing boundaries, creating images: in search of the Prophet Muhammad in literary and visual traditions" -- Preface.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-155) and index.
Contents	Introduction / Avinoam Shalem -- The Prophet in the book: images of Muhammad in western medieval book culture / Michelina Di Cesare -- Encountering the body of Muhammad: intersections between Mi'raj narratives, the Shaqq al-Sadr, and the Divina commedia in the age before print / Heather Coffey -- Muhammad's multiple faces: printed images of the Prophet in Western Europe / Alberto Saviello -- Conclusion / Avinoam Shalem.
Person as subject	Muḥammad -- Prophet -- d. 632 -- In art
	Muhammad Prophet -- d. 632 -- In literature
	Muḥammad -- Prophet -- d. 632 -- Ascension
Added name(s)	Shalem, Avinoam ed.
	Di Cesare, Michelina
	Coffey, Heather
	Saviello, Alberto

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