More Monumental Inscriptions
Title | More Monumental Inscriptions PDF eBook |
Author | Lena Boyd Brown |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1993-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0893704229 |
Inscriptions copied from cemeteries on the West Indian islands of Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Trinidad; on the Bahamas; and in the former Dutch colony of Demerara, now a county of Guyana.
A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions
Title | A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions PDF eBook |
Author | Silvester Tissington |
Publisher | |
Pages | 550 |
Release | 1857 |
Genre | Epitaphs |
ISBN |
The Monumental Inscriptions from Early Islamic Iran and Transoxiana
Title | The Monumental Inscriptions from Early Islamic Iran and Transoxiana PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila Blair |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 1991-11-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 900466081X |
Inscriptions on buildings are a distinctive feature of Islamic architecture, and this book studies the 79 surviving monumental inscriptions in the Iranian world from the first five centuries of the Muslim era (A.D. 622-1106), the period in which all the major trends of monumental epigraphy in the area were set. These foundation, commemorative, and funerary texts come from the region between Iraq and Soviet Central Asia. Written primarily in Arabic, they embellished architectural monuments and furnishings whose nature implies the construction of major buildings. An extended introduction discusses such general topics as titulature, patronage, and stylistic development. Each text is then presented individually with photographs, drawings, transcriptions, translations and an extensive commentary, which presents the inscription in its larger palaeographic and historical contexts.
The Umayyad World
Title | The Umayyad World PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Marsham |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 2020-11-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317430050 |
The Umayyad World encompasses the archaeology, history, art, and architecture of the Umayyad era (644–750 CE). This era was formative both for world history and for the history of Islam. Subjects covered in detail in this collection include regions conquered in Umayyad times, ethnic and religious identity among the conquerors, political thought and culture, administration and the law, art and architecture, the history of religion, pilgrimage and the Qur’an, and violence and rebellion. Close attention is paid to new methods of analysis and interpretation, including source critical studies of the historiography and inter-disciplinary approaches combining literary sources and material evidence. Scholars of Islamic history, archaeologists, and researchers interested in the Umayyad Caliphate, its context, and infl uence on the wider world, will find much to enjoy in this volume.
The ottoman historical monumental inscriptions in edirne
Title | The ottoman historical monumental inscriptions in edirne PDF eBook |
Author | Fokke Theodoor Dijkema |
Publisher | Brill Archive |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Ottoman Historical Monumental Inscriptions in Edirne
Title | The Ottoman Historical Monumental Inscriptions in Edirne PDF eBook |
Author | F. Th Dijkema |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9789004050624 |
Islamic Inscriptions
Title | Islamic Inscriptions PDF eBook |
Author | Blair Sheila Blair |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2019-06-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1474464483 |
A vital reference for everyone interested in Islamic inscriptions on buildings, objects and works of art. This beautifully illustrated book explains the importance of Islamic inscriptions and places them expertly in their historical and cultural context. It shows you how to decipher and interpret inscriptions and provides a standard for recording them. In addition, a fully annotated bibliography provides further reading on all aspects of Islamic epigraphy. Winner of the British Kuwait Friendship Society Al-Mubarak Prize 1999 for the best academic work on the Middle East