A masterpiece Of Arab painting
Subtitle: the 'Schefer' Maqāmāt manuscript in context
By: David James
Publisher: East & West Publishing Limited
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781907318085
Subjects: Arab Illumination of books and manuscripts; Bibliothèque nationale de France; Maqāmāt (Ḥarīrī); Sacramentary (Gelasian sacramentary : Catholic Church)
Description: The 'Maqamat of al-Hariri' (d.516/122) is one of the best-known works of Arabic literature. Why and how did this impenetrable work of medieval Arabic philology and linguistic acrobatics dressed up as a collection of picaresque tales, become the vehicle for such extraordinarily lively, life-like and technically competent paintings? This book explores this question.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156) and index.