The Islamic manuscript tradition
Subtitle: ten centuries of book arts in Indiana University collections
By: edited by Christiane Gruber.
Contributors: Gruber, Christiane, 1976-
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780253353771
Subjects: Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington); Manuscripts -- Islamic Empire; Civilization, Islamic -- Manuscripts; Islam -- Manuscripts; Early printed books -- Islamic Empire; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic; Manuscripts, Arabic -- Indiana -- Bloomington; Manuscripts, Persian -- Indiana -- Bloomington; Manuscripts, Turkish -- Indiana -- Bloomington
Description: Over the course of ten centuries, Islam developed a rich written heritage that is visible in paintings, calligraphies, and manuscripts. The Islamic Manuscript Tradition explores this aspect of Islamic history with studies of the materials and tools of literate culture, including pens, inks, and paper, Qur'ans, Persian and Mughal illustrated manuscripts, Ottoman devotional works, cartographical manuscripts, printed books, and Islamic erotica. All of the paintings, calligraphies, and manuscripts discussed here are held in collections at Indiana University.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Islamic book arts in Indiana University collections / Christiane Gruber; title: Ruth E. Adomeit : an ambassador for miniature books / Janet Rauscher; title: Between amulet and devotion: Islamic miniature books in the Lilly Library / Heather Coffey; title: A pious cure-all : the Ottoman illustrated prayer manual in the Lilly Library / Christiane Gruber; title: Ibrahim Müteferrika and the age of the printed manuscript / Yasemin Gencer; title: An Ottoman view of the world : the Kitab Cihannüma and its cartographic contexts / Emily Zoss; title: The Lilly Shamshir Khani in a Franco-Sikh context : a non-Islamic "Islamic" manuscript / Brittany Payeur; title: An amuletic manuscript : baraka and nyama in a Sub-Saharan African prayer manual / Kitty; title: Johnson.