Muqarnas, Volume 27

Muqarnas, Volume 27
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 9789004191105
ISBN-13 : 9004191100
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Book Synopsis Muqarnas, Volume 27 by : Gülru Necipoğlu

Download or read book Muqarnas, Volume 27 written by Gülru Necipoğlu and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World is sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The articles in Muqarnas 27 address topics such as spolia in medieval Islamic architecture, Islamic coinage in the seventh century, the architecture of the Alhambra from an environmental perspective, and Ottoman–Mamluk gift exchange in the fifteenth century. The volume also features a new section, entitled “Notes and Sources”, with pieces highlighting primary sources such as Akbar’s Kathāsaritsāgara. Contributors include Ebba Koch, Elizabeth Lambourn, Elias Muhanna, Rina Avner, Kathryn Moore, Alicia Walker, Todd Willmert, Julia Gonnella, Zeynep Ertuğ, Jere Bacharach, Persis Berlekamp, Heike Franke, Vincenza Garofalo, and Fabrizio Agnello.


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