Introduction 1
1 Foundations: Religious, Political, Juridical, and Administrative Documents from Early Islam and Places in Transition 6
2 Behavior, Gifts, Treasuries, and Collections 11
3 Art 23
Workshops, Guilds, and Crafts in General 23
Calligraphy and Scribes 31
Painting 50
Textiles 57
Ceramics, Glass, Ivory, and Other Media 66
Geometry, Aesthetics 74
4 Space: Architecture and Urbanism 78
Architectural Technique 79
Architectural Types and Elements 84
Urbanism and Land 91
5 Places 96
Pre-Islamic 96
Syria, Jordan, and Environs 99
Iraq 105
Al-Andalus 112
The Maghreb, Africa, and Sicily 119
Egypt 125
Turkey and the Ottoman Empire 135
Iran and Central Asia 149
South Asia 162
East Asia 175
Acknowledgments 177
Index 183
D. Fairchild Ruggles is Professor of Landscape, Art, and Architectural History at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her first book, Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain (2000), won the Eleanor Tufts Award from the American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies. Her most recent book is Islamic Gardens and Landscapes (2008), which won the J.B. Jackson Prize from the Foundation for Landscape Studies. Her edited and co-edited books include Women, Patronage and Self-Representation in Islamic Societies (2000), Cultural Heritage and Human Rights (2007), Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision (2007), and Intangible Heritage Embodied (2009).
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