Islam in the Balkans : Persian art and culture of the 18th and 19th centuries : papers arising from a symposium held to celebrate the World of Islam Festival at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 28th-30th July 1976
Islam in the Balkans : Persian art and culture of the 18th and 19th centuries : papers arising from a symposium held to celebrate the World of Islam Festival at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 28th-30th July 1976
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Very good. Royal Scottish Museum 1979 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
Add this copy of Islam in the Balkans; Persian Art and Culture of the to cart. $59.50, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Royal Scottish Museum.
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1976, Royal Scottish Museum
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Publisher:
Royal Scottish Museum
Published:
1976
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17967470018
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Clean, unmarked text but art museum ex-lib. copy with expected marks, etc. Corners bumped. Pumpkin and black stapled wraps with black lettering. 104 pp. with occasional bw images in the the text. The catalogue is divided into two sections, Islam and the Balkans, and Persian Art and Culture of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Section one includes papers titled: Berat and Gjirocaster: two museum towns of Albania (byh Dr. Richard I. Lawless); Some reflections on the origins of provincial tendencies in the Ottoman architecture of the Balkans (Machiel Kiel); Oriental carpets from Eastern Europe (Dr. Veronika Gervers); Islamisation in Macedonia as a social process (John Thirkell); Islamisation of the Balkans (Dr. Alexander Lopasic); and La signification historique des expressions "raia" et "beraia" (Dr. Aleksandar Matkovski). Section two includes papers titled: The Tehran Nizami of 1848 and other Qajar lithographed books (B.W. Robinson); Function and Decoration in Qajar tilework (Jenniver M. Scarce); Traditionialism or archaism? Reflections on a 19th century bronze bucket (Dr. Eva Baer); Zill al-Sultan: political leadership (Dr. A. Reza Shaikholeslami); The 17th century Safavid sources for Qajar oil painting (Dr. Eleanor G. Sims); and Persian wedding contracts of the late 18th to early 20th centuries (Layla Soudavar Diba). All papers in English but for the one by Matkovski (in French). Each with numerous references listed.
