The late Ottoman En'am-i șerif : sacred text and images in an Islamic prayer book

The inclusion of representational imagery in a sacred context is extremely rare in the history of Islamic art. This dissertation examines the evolution of the Ottoman En'am-i Serif, a group of manuscripts dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, in which sacred text was illuminate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bain, Alexandra
Other Authors: Welch, Anthony
Format: Others
Language:English
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Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8702