This fully illustrated collection of essays explores creative expressions of the Qur'an in a wide range of artistic media. The contributions span four continents and cover topics from medieval coins and early illuminated copies of the Qur'an to contemporary painting.
This fully illustrated collection of essays explores creative expressions of the Qur'an in a wide range of artistic media. The contributions span four continents and cover topics from medieval coins and early illuminated copies of the Qur'an to contemporary painting.
* 1: Fahmida Suleman: Introduction * Opening Reflections * 2: Oleg Grabar: 1 The Qur'an as a source of artistic inspiration * Qur'anic Calligraphy and Inscriptions in the Medieval Muslim World * 3: Doris Behrens-Abouseif: Beyond the secular and the sacred: Qur'anic inscriptions in medieval Islamic art and material culture * 4: Duncan Haldane: Arts of the 'Celestial Pen': Qur'ans from the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies * 5: Gülru Necipoglu: Qur'anic inscriptions on Sinan's imperial mosques: a comparison with their Safavid and Mughal counterparts * 6: Alnoor Jehangir Merchant: 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truthfulness and righteousness': Qur'anic inscriptions on Fatimid coinage, AH 296-488/AD 909-1095 * Amulets, Talismans and Magic * 7: Venetia Porter: Amulets inscribed with the names of the 'Seven Sleepers' of Ephesus in the British Museum * 8: Anne Regourd: A magic mirror in the Louvre and additional observations on the use of magic mirrors in Yemen today * 9: Marie Efthymiou: Persian glosses on a Qur'anic manuscript from Central Asia * The Qur'anic Text in Recent Times * 10: Ismaheel Akinade Jimoh: The art of Qur'anic penmanship and illumination among Muslim scholars in southwestern Nigeria * 11: Annabel Teh Gallop: The art of the Qur'an in Southeast Asia * 12: Huism Tan: Qur'anic inscriptions on woodcarvings from the Malay Peninsula * 13: Ayse Turgut: Sacred calligraphy in contemporary art * Qur'anic Inscriptions on Textiles * 14: Hülya Tezcan: Ka'ba covers and their inscriptions * 15: Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga: Qur'anic inscriptions on the so-called 'Pennon of Las Navas de Tolosa' and three Marinid banners * Final Reflections * 16: Sheila S. Blair: Written, spoken, envisioned: the many facets of the Qur'an in art
* 1: Fahmida Suleman: Introduction * Opening Reflections * 2: Oleg Grabar: 1 The Qur'an as a source of artistic inspiration * Qur'anic Calligraphy and Inscriptions in the Medieval Muslim World * 3: Doris Behrens-Abouseif: Beyond the secular and the sacred: Qur'anic inscriptions in medieval Islamic art and material culture * 4: Duncan Haldane: Arts of the 'Celestial Pen': Qur'ans from the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies * 5: Gülru Necipoglu: Qur'anic inscriptions on Sinan's imperial mosques: a comparison with their Safavid and Mughal counterparts * 6: Alnoor Jehangir Merchant: 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truthfulness and righteousness': Qur'anic inscriptions on Fatimid coinage, AH 296-488/AD 909-1095 * Amulets, Talismans and Magic * 7: Venetia Porter: Amulets inscribed with the names of the 'Seven Sleepers' of Ephesus in the British Museum * 8: Anne Regourd: A magic mirror in the Louvre and additional observations on the use of magic mirrors in Yemen today * 9: Marie Efthymiou: Persian glosses on a Qur'anic manuscript from Central Asia * The Qur'anic Text in Recent Times * 10: Ismaheel Akinade Jimoh: The art of Qur'anic penmanship and illumination among Muslim scholars in southwestern Nigeria * 11: Annabel Teh Gallop: The art of the Qur'an in Southeast Asia * 12: Huism Tan: Qur'anic inscriptions on woodcarvings from the Malay Peninsula * 13: Ayse Turgut: Sacred calligraphy in contemporary art * Qur'anic Inscriptions on Textiles * 14: Hülya Tezcan: Ka'ba covers and their inscriptions * 15: Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga: Qur'anic inscriptions on the so-called 'Pennon of Las Navas de Tolosa' and three Marinid banners * Final Reflections * 16: Sheila S. Blair: Written, spoken, envisioned: the many facets of the Qur'an in art
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