Encounters : medieval Islamic history in 50 objects / edited by Marcus Milwright.

Encounters :
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ISBN
9781003413240 (electronic bk.)
1003413242 (electronic bk.)
9781040449103 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1040449107 (electronic bk. : PDF)
9781040449189 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1040449182 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9781032537047
1032537043
9781032537016
1032537019
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.
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1 online resource.
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Encounters: in 50 objects
Özet, vb.
"This book comprises of fifty case studies and offers an innovative approach to the study of Medieval Islamic history, concentrating on the analysis of physical objects from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries and across most of the regions that make up the pre-Modern Islamic world. These include a wide range of objects from portable items like coins, vessels and books through to major constructions, including mosques, tombs, castles, dams, and canal systems. The central argument is that the interdisciplinary study of physical objects provides invaluable perspectives that can deepen or challenge the evidence in the written record. Object-based study can also shed light on the lives of social groups who are seldom discussed in Islamic texts written before the modern period. To demonstrate these points, the case studies each focus on a single object or small group of related objects. The case studies combine close analysis of the material and visual characteristics with a discussion of the wider context in which such objects were commissioned, made, used, adapted and exchanged. The book is intended as an introduction to the historical study of Islamic objects, employing perspectives from the fields of art history, archaeology, numismatics, ethnography, and epigraphy. Written with a minimum of technical language, and supported by a critical introduction, an extensive glossary, a timeline and guide for further reading, the book is aimed at students and general readers who are interested in the political, economic, social, cultural, religious and intellectual histories of the Islamic world"-- Provided by publisher.
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Islamic civilization __ Study and teaching __ Case studies.
Material culture __ Religious aspects __ Islam __ Case studies.
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