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A masterpiece Of Arab painting : the 'Schefer' Maqāmāt manuscript in context / David James.
Fine Arts Library ND2955 .J356 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, David, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Al-Wāsitī, Yahyā ibn Mahmūd.
- Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122. Maqāmāt--Persian & Arabic.
- Ḥarīrī.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 219 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : East & West Publishing Ltd, 2013.
- Summary:
- The 'Maqamat of al-Hariri' (d.516/122) is one of the best-known works of Arabic literature. Why and how did this impenetrable work of medieval Arabic philology and linguistic acrobatics dressed up as a collection of picaresque tales, become the vehicle for such extraordinarily lively, life-like and technically competent paintings? This book explores this question.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1907318089
- 9781907318085
- OCLC:
- 857217659
- Publisher Number:
- 99958287177
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