TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernard O'Kane
AU  - A. C. S. Peacock
AU  - Mark Muehlhaeusler
TI  - Inscriptions of the Medieval Islamic World
SN  - 9781474489447
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Islamic art
KW  - Inscriptions
KW  - Islamic epigraphy
N1  - 1. Introduction -- Part I: Inscriptions and Royal Power -- 2. The Fatimid Public Text Revisited -- 3. Micro and Macro Power Projection in the Medieval Islamic World: The Architectural and Numismatic Epigraphic Evidence -- 4. The Monumental Inscriptions of the Great Seljuqs Malikshåh and Tutush. Observations on Texts, Protocols and Writing Styles -- 5. New Epigraphic Data from a Ghurid Monument at Chisht-i Sharif: Expressing Power and Piety in Sixth/Twelfth-Century Afghanistan -- Part II: Inscriptions and Piety -- 6. Stars and Symmetry: The Name of the Prophet Muhammad in Architectural Inscriptions -- 7. Barakat Muhammad. Notes on Square Kufic Epigraphy in the History of Morocco -- 8. Islamic Supplications of the Funerary Architecture of Medieval Castile -- 9. The Shaykh and the Amir: Reflections on the non-Quranic Epigraphic Programme in the Buildings of Shaykhi al-Umari al-Nasiri -- Part III: Inscriptions, History and Society -- 10. Tombstones from Aswan in the British Museum -- 11. Marwanid Inscriptions -- 12. The Rise of New Epigraphic Languages in the Medieval Islamic East. The Interplay of Persian, Turkish and Arabic on Inscriptions -- 13. Inscriptions from the Golden Horde Period and the Crimean Khanate in Crimea: a Body of Hitherto Neglected Material within the Study of the Inscriptions of Islamic Lands -- Part IV: Inscribed Objects -- 14. The Epigraphic Samarra Horizon: Blue-on-White Ceramics -- 15. Art with Poetry: Inscriptions on Mamluk Metalwork -- 16. ‘The Calligrapher is an Ape!’ Arabic Epigrams on Pen Boxes (Sixth/Twelfth–Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries) -- 17. Between the Artist and the Patron: Painted Inscriptions of the Khamsa of Shah Tahmasb -- Part V: Epigraphic Style and Function -- 18. The Influence of Aesthetics on Orthographic Decisions in the Early Islamic Graffiti of Wadi al-Khirqa, Northern Hijaz -- 19. The Here and the Hereafter: Rounded and AngularInscriptions in Medieval Syria, Anatolia and the Jazira -- 20. Luted Letters: The Relief Inscriptions on Kashan Lustre Mihrabs -- 21. Carved Letters, Designs and Ornaments: Ilkhanid Stuccos and ‘Signatures’ of their Craftsmen -- 22. The Qutb Minar: Epigraphic Notes
N2  - "This volume offers an overview of the state of the field, and shows the importance of Islamic inscriptions for disciplines such as art history, history and literature. The chapters range from surveys to detailed exploration of individual topics, providing an insight to some of the most recent cutting-edge work on Islamic inscriptions. It focuses on the period from the rise of Islam to the fifteenth century, ranging across the Islamic world from the Maghreb to India and Central Asia, and inscriptions in Arabic, Persian and Turkish.

The five sections of the book draw together some of the principal themes: ‘Royal Power’ investigates the role of sultanic patronage in epigraphy, and the use of inscriptions for projecting royal power. ‘Piety’ examines the relationship between epigraphy and religious practice. ‘Epigraphic Style and Function’ explores the relationship between the use of specific epigraphic styles and scripts and the function of a monument. ‘Inscribed Objects’ moves from monumental inscriptions to those on objects such as ceramics and pen-cases. The final section considers the interplay between inscriptions and historical sources as well as the utility of inscriptions as historical sources."; -- Provided by publisher
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