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Mohamad Reza Ghiasian, Lives of the Prophets: The Illustrations to Hafiz-i Abru's "Assembly of Chronicles
In Lives of the Prophets: The Illustrations to Hafiz-i Abru's "Assembly of Chronicles" Mohamad Reza Ghiasian analyses two extant copies of the Majmaʿ al-tawarikh produced for the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (r. 1405–1447). The first manuscript is kept in Topkapı Palace and the second is widely dispersed. Codicological analysis of these manuscripts not only allows a better understanding of Hafiz-i Abru's contributions to rewriting earlier history, but has served to identify the existence of a previously unrecognised copy of the Jamiʿ al-tawarikh produced at Rashid al-Din's scriptorium. Through a meticulous close reading of both text and image, Mohamad Reza Ghiasian convincingly proves that numerous paintings of the dispersed manuscript were painted over the text before its dispersal in the early twentieth century.
Publisher: BRILL
Series: Studies in Persian Cultural History, Volume: 16
Extent: xvi + 344 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-37722-6
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Yale University, Institute of Sacred Music, Interdisciplinary Fellowships
New Haven, CT
Each year, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM) brings a group of Fellows from around the world to join its interdisciplinary community, normally for a one-year term. The ISM Fellows…
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Aga Khan Museum, Curator
Toronto
Reporting to the Director of Collections and Public Programs (DCPP), the Curator, in his/her role as subject specialist and working with members of the curatorial team, currently comprising of one Curator…
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Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology, the Silk Road
New Jersey, USA
The Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology. The Department seeks candidates specializing…
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Ira Brind and Stacey Spector Assistant or Associate Curator of South Asian Art
Philadelphia, PA
The Ira Brind and Stacey Spector Assistant or Associate Curator of South Asian Art Under the supervision of the Department Head for South Asian Art, the Assistant/Associate Curator of South Asian Art…
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Conference, Eighth Early Modern Symposium at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Perceiving Processions
London
We welcome proposals for papers that engage with processions in the Early Modern period (c. 1500-1800) in the context of cross-cultural encounters, with the locations of cross-cultural interaction defined…
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David C. Thomas, The Ebb and Flow of the Ghurid Empire
The iconic minaret of Jam stands in a remote mountain valley in central Afghanistan, the finest surviving monument of the enigmatic 12th-century Ghurid dynasty. The re-discovery of the minaret half a century ago prompted renewed interest in the Ghurids, and this has intensified since their summer capital at Jam became Afghanistan’s first World Heritage site in 2002. Two seasons of archaeological fieldwork at Jam, the detailed analysis of satellite images and the innovative use of Google Earth as a cultural heritage management tool have resulted in a wealth of new information about known Ghurid sites, and the identification of hundreds of previously undocumented archaeological sites across Afghanistan. Thomas uses this data to generate a more nuanced understanding of this early Islamic polity and its sustainability, as well as exploring issues of Ghurid identity and ideology.
Sydney University Press, 2018.
ISBN: 9781743325414
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Oxford Studies in Islamic Art (OSIA)
Several volumes of the OSIA series are available for sale via the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford. For full details, please email KRC administrator Hannah Litvack.
Volume number Volume name Full publication details Hardback price Paperback price OSIA II Animal Symbolism in Warqa wa Gulshah Abbas Daneshvari. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1986. ISBN 019728003X £ 50.00 OSIA III Pots and Pans Michael Vickers (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1986. ISBN 0197280056 (hardback) ISBN 0197280064 £ 50.00 £ 30.00 OSIA IV Syria and Iran - Three studies in medieval ceramics James Allan and Caroline Roberts (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1987. ISBN 0197280072 (hardback). ISBN 0197280080 £ 50.00 £ 30.00 OSIA VI Walid and his friends - An Umayyad tragedy Robert Hamilton. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988. ISBN 0197280110 (hardback). ISBN 0197280129 £ 50.00 £ 30.00 OSIA IX i Bayt Al-Maqdis 'Abdal al-Malik's Jerusalem Julian Raby and Jeremy Johns (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992. ISBN 019728017X £ 50.00 OSIA IX ii Bayt Al-Maqdis Jerusalem and Early Islam Julian Raby and Jeremy Johns (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. ISBN 0197280188 £ 50.00 OSIA X i Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Pt. 1 James Allan (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995. ISBN 0197280196 £ 50.00 OSIA X ii Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Pt. 2 James Allan (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995. ISBN 019728020X £ 50.00 OSIA XI A Monumental manifestation of the Shiite faith.
Case of the Gunbad-i 'Alawiyan, HamadanRaya Shani. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996. ISBN 0197280218 £ 50.00 OSIA XII The Court of the Il-Khans 1290-1340 Teresa Fitzherbert and Julian Raby (eds.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996. ISBN 0197280226 £ 50.00 OSIA XIII 'Amiriya in Rada': History and Restoration
of a Sixteenth-century Madrasa in the YemenSelma al-Radi. With contributions by Ruth Barnes, Yahya al-Nasiri and Venetia Porter. Ed Robert Hillenbrand, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0197280234 £ 50.00 OSIA XIV Samarra: A Medieval Islamic City reconsidered Chase Robinson (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-728024-2 £ 50.00 OSIA XV Persian Steel - The Tanavoli Collection James Allan and Brian Gilmour. 2 vols. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. ISBN 019-728025-0 £ 80.00
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Elaine Wright, Lapis and Gold, Exploring Chester Beatty’s Ruzbihan Qur’an
Praised as one of the finest calligraphers of his time, Ruzbihan Muhammad al-Tab‘i al-Shirazi would have produced numerous Qur’ans during the course of his career, but only five signed by him have survived, of which the Chester Betty manuscript—produced in Shiraz—is surely his finest. Equally deserving of praise is the team of highly skilled, yet anonymous, artists responsible for the manuscript’s decorative programme, the combined quality, extent, diversity and complexity of which sets the manuscript apart from almost all others of its time. The manuscript is not dated, but work on it probably began about 1550.
The book is a detailed and comprehensive study of the manuscript with chapters on the writing of the text (including a discussion of problems encountered in the spacing of the text and omissions and errors made by the calligrapher), the reading and recitation of the text and the decoration of it. Much of the discussion is the result of close examination of the manuscript under high magnification, which often revealed surprising and previously unknown aspects of production. An essay on the pigments used in the manuscript, by Kristine Rose Beers, the Chester Beatty’s Senior Conservator, is also included.
Ad Ilissum/Paul Holberton Publishing, London
Hardback, 300 x 240 mm
320 pages, 430 colour illustrations
ISBN 978 1 912168 04 0
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Berlin Museum of Islamic Art: Collections Online
The Berlin Museum of Islamic Art's object database includes over 11,000 objects and is now available online, at www.smb-digital.de.
Please look for „Museum für Islamische Kunst“. Currently the descriptions are only available in German. However you may search the collection in a special search form („Advanced Search“) according to date, material, object/term and geographical reference and enjoy the multiple views of the objects featured under the headline „Multimedia“.
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Victoria & Albert Museum, Curator, Iran Heritage Foundation
London
The V&A is seeking to appoint a specialist in Iranian art and design to curate our globally important collection in this field. In formation since the 1870s, the collection is notably strong in ceramics…
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Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic Palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the Late 18th and 19th Centuries
One of the largest and most important palatial houses of late 18th- and early 19th-century Damascus belonged to the Farhi family, who served as financial administrators to successive Ottoman governors in Damascus and Acre. The conversion of Bayt Farhi to a hotel provided a unique opportunity to make a detailed examination of its architecture, which is comparable to those of affluent Christians and Muslims, and decorated with high quality materials in the latest styles.
Lavishly illustrated with extensive color photographs, plans, and reconstruction drawings the book brings to life the home environment of the lost elite Sephardic community of Ottoman Damascus. It will be an essential resource for those studying the architecture, history, and culture of Syria and the Ottoman Empire. Co-published with Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford.
Annual of ASOR, 72
Manar al-Athar Monographs, 4
ISBN-13 9780897571005
ISBN-10 0897571002
356 pages (255 col & 47 b/w illus.)
$89.95
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