The Islamic manuscript tradition : ten centuries of book arts in Indiana University collections

Author(s)

• Gruber, Christiane J.

Bibliographic Information

The Islamic manuscript tradition : ten centuries of book arts in Indiana University collections

edited by Christiane Gruber

Indiana University Press, c2010

• : cloth

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-281)

Contents of Works

• Introduction : Islamic book arts in Indiana University collections / Christiane Gruber
• Ruth E. Adomeit : an ambassador for miniature books / Janet Rauscher
• Between amulet and devotion: Islamic miniature books in the Lilly Library / Heather Coffey
• A pious cure-all : the Ottoman illustrated prayer manual in the Lilly Library / Christiane Gruber
• İbrahim Müteferrika and the age of the printed manuscript / Yasemin Gencer
• An Ottoman view of the world : the Kitab Cihannüma and its cartographic contexts / Emily Zoss
• The Lilly Shamshir Khani in a Franco-Sikh context : a non-Islamic "Islamic" manuscript / Brittany Payeur
• An amuletic manuscript : baraka and nyama in a Sub-Saharan African prayer manual / Kitty Johnson

Details

• NCID: BB00905505
• ISBN:
  • 9780253353771
• LCCN: 2009017809
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 281 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z6611.I84
  • DC22 : 091.0917/67
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Manuscripts -- Islamic Empire
  • LCSH : Islamic civilization -- Manuscripts
  • LCSH : Islam -- Manuscripts
  • LCSH : Early printed books -- Islamic Empire
  • LCSH : Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
  • LCSH : Manuscripts, Arabic -- Indiana -- Bloomington
  • LCSH : Manuscripts, Persian -- Indiana -- Bloomington
  • LCSH : Manuscripts, Turkish -- Indiana -- Bloomington
  • LCSH : Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)