Mirʼāt al-quds (Mirror of holiness) : a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar : a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145 / by Pedro Moura Carvalho ; with a translation and annotated transcription of the text by Wheeler M. Thackston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carvalho, Pedro de Moura.

Contributor:

Thackston, W. M. (Wheeler McIntosh), 1944-

Series:

Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture ; v. 12.

Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture, 0921-0326 ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mughal Empire.

Cleveland Museum of Art.

Javier, Jerónimo, 1549-1617. Dāstān-i Masīḥ.

Javier, Jerónimo.

Jesus Christ--Biography.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Art.

Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605.

Akbar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English and Persian.

Summary:

Emperor Akbar’s exceptional interest in Christianity is reflected in many ways. Among these was his commissioning in 1602 of a Life of Christ from his guest, the Jesuit priest Jerome Xavier, thus marking a singular moment in the relations between one of the greatest Muslim rulers and Catholicism. This fascinating text—translated into English for the first time—draws mostly on Biblical and apocryphal sources, but also reveals that in order not to antagonize his Muslim hosts, Father Jerome occasionally made concessions in his work. Of the three illustrated copies, the one used in this study and now in the Cleveland Museum of Art is the most important. Its twenty-seven high-quality miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that often do not find parallels in a European context.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE A LIFE OF FATHER JEROME XAVIER

CHAPTER TWO THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS IN CONTEXT

CHAPTER THREE VISUALIZING THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS: CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, ACC. NO. 2005.145

CHAPTER FOUR CATALOGUE OF THE CLEVELAND MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS, ACC. NO. 2005.145

CHAPTER FIVE A TRANSLATION OF THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS BY W. M. THACKSTON, WITH NOTES BY P. MOURA CARVALHO

AN ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS BY W. M. THACKSTON

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-35671-6

9786613356710

90-04-21574-3

OCLC:

818812001

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004215740 DOI