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The Word Illuminated

Diplomatic gifts, war prizes, or library treasures of royal and princely libraries—handwritten Qurʾans have also been endowed to mosques, tombs, and other religious complexes to perpetuate and transmit their baraka (divine blessing). Artistic, historic, and religious contexts and materiality of Qurʾ...

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Hauptverfasser: Ben Azzouna, Nourane, Blair, Sheila S., Déroche, François, Jackson, Cailah, Karame, Alya, Macaraig, Nina, Mirza, Sana, Aplin Ohta, Alison, Rettig, Simon, Wright, Elaine
Format: Online
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Schlagworte:
Quran'ic studies
manuscript studies
Islamic studies
Islamic art
Arabic
calligraphy
art history
illumination
book arts
codicology
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
Online-Zugang:https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/100434
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Zusammenfassung:Diplomatic gifts, war prizes, or library treasures of royal and princely libraries—handwritten Qurʾans have also been endowed to mosques, tombs, and other religious complexes to perpetuate and transmit their baraka (divine blessing). Artistic, historic, and religious contexts and materiality of Qurʾans are investigated, from use of costly materials such as gold and parchment to development of special scripts, intricate illuminated designs, and meticulously tooled bindings. This edited collection resulted from a 2016 symposium at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sacker Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of the Qurʾan: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts.

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