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Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past and Present
edited by Stéphane Pradines, and Farouk Topan
The book explores the role of Islam in forming and transforming interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World from a longue durée perspective ViewBook
Cross Cultural Artistic Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean
Edited by Zeren Tanındı
A PIMo collection of essays around the exhibition titled “Şeyh Hamdullah on the 500th Anniversary of His Death” at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul. Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, 2022.
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L'art du livre turc. Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2022
Zeren Tanındı
This book provides a comprehensive approach to the arts of the book in the Ottoman Empire, examining bindings, illumination, illustration and calligraphy. ViewBook
Historic Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Timbuktu to Zanzibar
by Stéphane Pradines
This book is the first comprehensive synthesis on mosques in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together sites from more than twenty states from sub-Saharan Africa; and more than 285 monuments, from the IXth to the XIXth centuries. ViewBook
The Word Illuminated: Form and Function of Qurʾanic Manuscripts from the Seventh to Seventeenth Centuries
Edited by Simon Rettig and Sana Mirza
Open Access publication! ViewBook
Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow: (Re)Defining the Field
edited by Mohammad Gharipour and Daniel E. Coslett, UChicago, 2022
A comprehensive introduction for scholars and practitioners to the state of Islamic architecture as a field of inquiry and a snapshot of the issues and challenges facing the field today. Visit site ViewBook
Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art
edited by Onur Öztürk, Xenia Gazi and Sam Bowker, and forward written by Wendy Shaw
Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art addresses how researchers can challenge stereotypical notions of Islam and Islamic art while avoiding the creation of new myths and the encouragement of nationalistic and ethnic attitudes. ViewBook
Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean
Edited by Margaret S. Graves and Alex Dika Seggerman
The Islamic world's artistic traditions experienced profound transformation in the 19th century as rapidly developing technologies and globalizing markets ushered in drastic changes in technique, style,…
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Mohamed Zakariya, A 21st century Master Calligrapher
Edited by Nancy Micklewright
We are delighted to announce the publication of an edited volume, Mohamed Zakariya, A 21st century Master Calligrapher. This collection of peer-reviewed essays and images is the first to present a comprehensive…
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Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning. Essays in Honour of Robert Hillenbrand
Edited by Melanie Gibson
This volume of articles dedicated to Robert Hillenbrand includes contributions by his colleagues and students. Thirteen essays encompass some of his wide-ranging interests, with one section devoted to…
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Treasures of Herat. Two Manuscripts of the Khamsah of Nizami in the British Library
by Barbara Brend, Translation and commentary by Ursula Sims-Williams
In this book, Barbara Brend provides a detailed study of the paintings in two celebrated Persian manuscripts housed in the British Library (Or.6810 and Add.25900). These two copies of the Khamsah of Nizami…
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Revealing the Unseen. New Perspectives on Qajar Art
Edited by Gwenaëlle Fellinger & Melanie Gibson
This new book, a co-publication with the Louvre, consolidates the major achievement of the 2018 exhibition held at the Museum of Louvre-Lens, L’Empire des roses. Chefs-d’oeuvre de l’art persan du…
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