Muqarnas : an annual on the visual culture of the Islamic world. / Volume 26 / / editor Gulru Necipoglu; managing editor Karen A. Leal.

• Author: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.
• TeilnehmendeR: Necipoglu, Gulru.; Leal, Karen A.; Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Muqarnas 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (396 p.)
• Notes: "Sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts."

Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Muqarnas 26 contains articles on a variety of topics that span and transcend the geographic and temporal boundaries that have traditionally defined the history of Islamic art and architecture. Contributors include Robert McChesney, Mattia Guidetti, Marcus Schadl, Christian Gruber, Katia Cytryn-Silverman, Doris Abouseif, Olga Bush, Emine Fetvaci, Moya Carey, Bernard O'Kane, Hadi Maktabi, Nadia Erzini and Stephen Vernoit.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / G. Necipoğlu and K Leal -- The Byzantine Heritage In The Dār Al-Islām: Churches And Mosques In Al-Ruha Between The Sixth And Twelfth Centuries / Mattia Guidetti -- The Umayyad Mosque Of Tiberias / Katia Cytryn-Silverman -- The Shrine Of Nasir Khusraw: Imprisoned Deep In The Valley Of Yumgan / Marcus Schadl -- An Early Seventeenth-Century Palace Complex (Dawlatkhāna) In Balkh / R. D. Mcchesney -- The Writing On The Wall: Reading The Decoration Of The Alhambra / Olga Bush -- The Jalayirid Connection In Mamluk Metalware / Doris Behrens-Abouseif -- Imari Porcelain In Morocco / Nadia Erzini and Stephen Vernoit -- Al-Sufi And Son: Ibn Al-Sufi’S Poem On The Stars And Its Prose Parent / Moya Carey -- Reconciliation Or Estrangement? Colophon And Paintings In The Tιem Ẓafarnāma And Some Other Controversial Manuscripts / Bernard O’Kane -- Between Logos (Kalima) And Light (Nūr): Representations Of The Prophet Muhammad In Islamic Painting / Christiane Gruber -- The Production Of The Şehnāme-I Selīm Ḫān / Fetvaci and Emine Fetvaci -- Under The Peacock Throne: Carpets, Felts, And Silks In Persian Painting, 1736–1834 / Hadi Maktabi -- Sabra Al-Mansuriyya And Her Neighbors During The First Half Of The Eleventh Century: Investigations Into Stucco Decoration / Marianne Barrucand† and Mourad Rammah -- Cumulative (Chronological) Index Of Articles, Muqarnas I–XXV / G. Necipoğlu and K Leal.