Making of Islamic Art

Professor Robert Hillenbrand is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Islamic Art at the University of St Andrews.

• Series Editor’s ForewordIntroduction1. Old Mosques: Destroyed, Lost and Transformed in 20th- and 21st-Century IndiaCatherine B. Asher2. The ‘Arraf Mosque in JiblaBarbara Finster3. Monumentality en Miniature: On two dome-shaped carpet weights – mir-I farshKjeld von Folsach4. ‘The View from Above’: Muslim Perceptions of the Turks of Syria and the Jazira in the Period 1070 to 1176Carole Hillenbrand5. The Multiple Faces of Restoration in the Medieval Islamic Architecture of Central AsiaRobert Hillenbrand6. A Damascus Room in Los AngelesLinda Komaroff7. Rubbish, Recycling and Repair: Perspectives on the Portable Arts of the Islamic Middle EastMarcus Milwright8. A Copper-Alloy Plate with Architectural Imagery in Berlin… and Jerusalem?Lawrence Nees9. Looking Inside the Book: Doublures of the Mamluk PeriodAlison Ohta10. Taj al-Din ‘Alishah: The Reconstruction of his Mosque Complex at TabrizBernard O’Kane11. Once More Cosmophilia: Facing the Truth, LaterSimon O’Meara12. The Making, Unmaking and Making Sense of an Illustration from an Imperial Mughal AkbarnamaLaura E. Parodi13. The Use of Metals in Islamic Manuscripts Cheryl A. Porter 14. Telling Stories: Artists’ Books in the Collection of the British MuseumVenetia Porter15. The Freer Beaker in Text and ImageMarianna Shreve Simpson16. When Muslims Died in ChinaNancy Steinhardt17. Abu’l-Fazl’s Description of Akbar’s ‘House of Depiction’W. M. Thackston18. ‘Migration Theory’ in Islamic PotteryOliver Watson