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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
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Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Abbreviations -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Introduction A Book about Books -- Chapter One Maghribī Round Scripts: A New Definition -- Geography and chronology -- Nature and fortune of a regional script -- The long course of scholarship -- General features of Maghribī scripts -- Ifrīqī scripts and the Maghrib -- Chapter Two Maghribī Round Scripts in the Third/Ninth and Fourth/Tenth Centuries -- Book culture and production in Umayyad Iberia |
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Libraries and penmanship -- Learning circles and endowment practices -- Parchment and paper production -- The earliest evidence of round scripts in al-Andalus -- Where were the manuscripts copied? -- Codicological remarks -- Andalusī bookhands and casual scripts -- The 'Mozarab' connection -- The 'Sigüenza Bifolio' -- The evidence of Arabic glosses -- Chapter Three Maghribī Round Scripts in the Fifth/Eleventh Century -- Book culture and production in the ṭāʼifa kingdoms -- The resilience of Cordova -- Seville, Badajoz, Toledo -- Almería, Granada, Murcia |
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Travelling scholars and the influence of the Mashriq -- Two unhelpful sources -- Parchment, paper and illumination -- The evidence of dated manuscripts -- Codicological remarks -- The evolution of Andalusī bookhands -- Chapter Four Maghribī Round Scripts in the Sixth/Twelfth Century -- Book culture and production in Almoravid and Almohad Iberia -- Cordova, Seville and Western Iberia -- Valencia and Eastern Iberia -- A closer look at textual sources -- The golden age of Andalusī paper -- The introduction of Andalusī scripts to Northwest Africa -- Before the Almoravids -- The Almoravid enterprise |
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Marrakesh: the seat of the Almohad caliphate -- Fes, Ceuta, Sijilmasa, Bougie -- Almohad patronage of the arts of the book -- Christian manuscripts from Northwest Africa -- The evidence of dated manuscripts -- The evolution of Maghribī bookhands -- Traditional genres, innovative scripts -- Aesthetic maturity and trans-regional reach -- The rise of Maghribī thuluth -- Final remarks -- Chapter Five Beyond Books: Quranic Manuscripts and Chancery Documents -- Maghribī Round Scripts and the Qurʼān -- The Kufic Qurʼāns of the Islamic West -- The earliest Qurʼāns in Maghribī round scripts |
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Maghribī Qurʼāns of the sixth/twelfth century -- Calligraphers and illuminators: the 'school' of Ibn Ghaṭṭūs -- Patronage and functions of the Muṛḥaf -- Textual features and notation marks -- Illumination and chrysography -- The aesthetics of Quranic calligraphy -- Documentary hands and chancery scripts -- Two sale contracts -- Calligraphy in the chanceries of the Maghrib -- Conclusion Inscribed Identities -- I List of Dated Manuscripts -- II Titles and Genres of Dated Manuscripts -- III Copyists of Dated Manuscripts -- IV Places of Copying -- V Remarkable Colophons and Notes -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Explores the aesthetic dimensions, cultural significance and ideological power of Maghribī manuscripts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islamic civilization -- Manuscripts.
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Islamic civilization -- Manuscripts. |
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Islamic civilization. |
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Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
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Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts. |
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ART / Techniques / Calligraphy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Manuscripts.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: BONGIANINO, UMBERTO. MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE ISLAMIC WEST. [Place of publication not identified] : EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS, 2022 1474499589 (OCoLC)1285486295 |
| ISBN |
9781474499606 (electronic book) |
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1474499600 (electronic book) |
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1474499589 |
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9781474499583 |
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