Inscriptions of the Medieval Islamic World / / ed. by Mark Muehlhaeusler, A. C. S. Peacock, Bernard O'Kane.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Architecture and Design 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Abou-Khatwa, Noha,; Allegranzi, Viola,; Bauden, Frédéric,; Behrens-Abouseif, Doris,; Blair, Sheila,; Bloom, Jonathan M.,; Bongianino, Umberto,
• HerausgeberIn: Muehlhaeusler, Mark ,; O'Kane, Bernard,; Peacock, A. C. S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art : ESIA
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (752 p.) :; 200 colour illustrations

Showcases the best recent research on epigraphy across the medieval Islamic worldExplores Islamic epigraphy from a wide range of perspectives and geographical areas, from the Maghreb to India and Central Asia and beyondCovers the period from the rise of Islam to the 15th centuryDetails 20 case studies of inscriptions found on a wide range of objects from coins, pen cases, textiles, tiles, pottery and wall paintings to public buildings, monuments, tombs, minarets, monasteries and madrasasBeautifully illustrated with 200 colour photographs of inscriptions on buildings and objectsIncludes contributions from some of the leading experts in the field including Jonathan Bloom, Robert Hillenbrand, Sheila Blair, Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Carole HillenbrandThis volume offers an overview of the state of the field, and shows the importance of Islamic inscriptions for disciplines such as art history, history and literature. The chapters range from surveys to detailed exploration of individual topics, providing an insight to some of the most recent cutting-edge work on Islamic inscriptions. It focuses on the period from the rise of Islam to the fifteenth century, ranging across the Islamic world from the Maghreb to India and Central Asia, and inscriptions in Arabic, Persian and Turkish.The five sections of the book draw together some of the principal themes: ‘Royal Power’ investigates the role of sultanic patronage in epigraphy, and the use of inscriptions for projecting royal power. ‘Piety’ examines the relationship between epigraphy and religious practice. ‘Epigraphic Style and Function’ explores the relationship between the use of specific epigraphic styles and scripts and the function of a monument. ‘Inscribed Objects’ moves from monumental inscriptions to those on objects such as ceramics and pen-cases. The final section considers the interplay between inscriptions and historical sources as well as the utility of inscriptions as historical sources.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- The Contributors -- Series Editor’s Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- PART I INSCRIPTIONS AND ROYAL POWER -- CHAPTER TWO The Fatimid Public Text Revisited -- CHAPTER THREE Micro and Macro Power Projection in the Medieval Islamic World: The Architectural and Numismatic Epigraphic Evidence -- CHAPTER FOUR The Monumental Inscriptions of the Great Seljuqs Malikshāh and Tutush: Observations on Texts, Protocols and Writing Styles -- CHAPTER FIVE New Epigraphic Data from a Ghurid Monument at Chisht-i Sharif: Expressing Power and Piety in Sixth/Twelfth-Century Afghanistan -- PART II INSCRIPTIONS AND PIETY -- CHAPTER SIX Stars and Symmetry: The Name of the Prophet Muh∙ ammad in Architectural Inscriptions -- CHAPTER SEVEN Barakat Muḥammad: Notes on Square Kufic Epigraphy in the History of Morocco -- CHAPTER EIGHT Islamic Supplications in the Funerary Architecture of Medieval Castile -- CHAPTER NINE The Shaykh and the Amir: Reflections on the non-Qur'anic Epigraphic Programme in the Buildings of Shaykhū al-'Umarī al-Nāṣirī -- PART III INSCRIPTIONS, HISTORY AND SOCIETY -- CHAPTER TEN Tombstones from Aswan in the British Museum -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Marwanid Inscriptions -- CHAPTER TWELVE The Rise of New Epigraphic Languages in the Medieval Islamic East: The Interplay of Persian, Turkish and Arabic on Inscriptions -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Inscriptions from the Golden Horde Period and the Crimean Khanate in Crimea: A Body of Hitherto Neglected Material within the Study of the Inscriptions of Islamic Lands -- PART IV INSCRIBED OBJECTS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Epigraphic Samarra Horizon: Blue-on-White Ceramics -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Art with Poetry: Inscriptions on Mamluk Metalwork -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN ‘The Calligrapher is An Ape!’ Arabic Epigrams on Pen Boxes (Sixth/ Twelfth–Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries) -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Between the Artist and the Patron: Painted Inscriptions of the Khamsa of Shah Ṭahmāsb -- PART V EPIGRAPHIC STYLE AND FUNCTION -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Influence of Aesthetics on Orthographic Decisions in the Early Islamic Graffiti of Wadi al-Khirqa, Northern Hijaz -- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Here and the Hereafter: Rounded and Angular Inscriptions in Medieval Syria, Anatolia and the Jazira -- CHAPTER TWENTY Luted Letters: The Relief Inscriptions on Kashan Lustre Mihrabs -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Carved Letters, Designs and Ornaments: Ilkhanid Stuccos and the ‘Signatures’ of their Craftsmen -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO The Qutb Minar: Epigraphic Notes -- Index