: Qur'an and Its Creative Expressions : Selected Proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 18-21 October 2003
/ edited by Fahmida Suleman
1st pbk. ed
Oxford
: Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
, 2010.
xxi, 330 p.
: , ill. (chiefly col.)
(Qur'anic studies series
; 4)
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Index
1. Introduction; OPENING REFLECTIONS; 2. 1 The Qur'an as a source of artistic inspiration; QUR'ANIC CALLIGRAPHY AND INSCRIPTIONS IN THE MEDIEVAL MUSLIM WORLD; 3. Beyond the secular and the sacred: Qur'anic inscriptions in medieval Islamic art and material culture; 4. Arts of the 'Celestial Pen': Qur'ans from the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies; 5. Qur'anic inscriptions on Sinan's imperial mosques: a comparison with their Safavid and Mughal counterparts; 6. 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truthfulness and righteousness': Qur'anic inscriptions on Fatimid coinage, AH 296-488/AD 909-1095; AMULETS, TALISMANS AND MAGIC; 7. Amulets inscribed with the names of the 'Seven Sleepers' of Ephesus in the British Museum; 8. A magic mirror in the Louvre and additional observations on the use of magic mirrors in Yemen today; 9. Persian glosses on a Qur'anic manuscript from Central Asia; THE QUR'ANIC TEXT IN RECENT TIMES; 10. The art of Qur'anic penmanship and illumination among Muslim scholars in southwestern Nigeria; 11. The art of the Qur'an in Southeast Asia; 12. Qur'anic inscriptions on woodcarvings from the Malay Peninsula; 13. Sacred calligraphy in contemporary art; QUR'ANIC INSCRIPTIONS ON TEXTILES; 14. Ka'ba covers and their inscriptions; 15. Qur'anic inscriptions on the so-called 'Pennon of Las Navas de Tolosa' and three Marinid banners; FINAL REFLECTIONS; 16. Written, spoken, envisioned: the many facets of the Qur'an in art
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