The Forgotten Qur'ans of the Eastern Islamic World - (Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art) by Alya Karame (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- The Ghaznavid and Ghurid Qur'ans (c. eleventh-Twelfth centuries CE), studied for the first time as a corpus, inform of how the Qur'an was copied at the beginning of a transformative period in the history of its production when paper, new scripts and the vertical format were adopted.
- Author(s): Alya Karame
- 312 Pages
- Art, History
- Series Name: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
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About the Book
The first in-depth examination of the earliest corpus of Qur'ans copied at the beginning of a transformative phase in the history of Qur'an production, at the eastern frontiers of the Islamic world.Book Synopsis
The Ghaznavid and Ghurid Qur'ans (c. eleventh-Twelfth centuries CE), studied for the first time as a corpus, inform of how the Qur'an was copied at the beginning of a transformative period in the history of its production when paper, new scripts and the vertical format were adopted. As the book illustrates the ways in which local visual trends were shaped out of diachronic and synchronic multidirectional movement within a medieval landscape that was continuously in flux, it shifts the focus to the eastern frontiers of the Islamic world, reclaiming them as centres of cultural production. It is by contextualising the Qur'an's materiality within the religious, social and political context that the book 'rehumanises' them offering an understanding of how the manuscripts were conceived, produced and used, up until our day.Dimensions (Overall): 9.61 Inches (H) x 6.69 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 312
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: History
Series Title: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Theme: Medieval
Format: Hardcover
Author: Alya Karame
Language: English
Street Date: April 30, 2026
TCIN: 1004984205
UPC: 9781399512411
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-3235
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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