Title: Mekka and Medina
Description: Panoramic views and images of Islam?s holiest places, the Kaaba and the city of Mecca, alongside Medina with the Mosque of the Prophet, have been very popular over the centuries. These images have been used for various purposes and had also been executed for these purposes (drawn, sketched, coloured, incised, stencilled, cut, knitted, printed or even built) on or using a variety of materials, such as stone, ceramics, paper, textiles, wood, marble/tiles (in the form of frescoes), etc. This book is a publication and description mostly for the first time of nine key objects representing Mecca and Medina. The book describes and analyses the contents from these images and its relevance to the buildings, history and topography of the holy cities of Islam.With contributions from Atef Alshehri (Medina-Riyadh), Ahmed Ameen (Fayoum University -Egypt) and Ibrahim Yılmaz (Erzurum). Contents: Introduction. Categories of Holy Site Images Chapter I [en, tr] First Western Illustrations of Mecca and Medina Mainz 1486, Breydenbach Panoramic Map 13 Augsburg 1517, Vartema and Martin Waldseemüller 14 Antwerpen 1672, Mecha in Arabien 1500. Chapter 2 [en, tr, ar] Medina-Istanbul 1540, Topkapi Scroll 1900. Chapter 3 [en, tr] Berlin 1707-1709, Miniatures 6700. Chapter 4 [en, tr] Uppsala 1713, Mecca Painting. Chapter 5 [en, tr] Utrecht 1717, Engraving of Adrian Reland. Chapter 6 [en, tr] Shumen 1757, Sharif Halil Pasha Mosque. Chapter 7 [en, tr] Copenhagen 1784, Manuscript of Baron d?Aurange. Chapter 8 [en, tr] Paris 1787, Engraving of Muradgea D'Ohsson. Chapter 9 [en, tr] Medina, 1849-1861, Paintings in Masjid al-Nabawi. Chapter 10 [en, tr] London 1907-1908, Early Photography of Mecca and Medina The lens of Mirza.
Subjects: Sources, History, Description and travel, Travel
Places: Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Medina (Saudi Arabia)