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Art metal-work, Islamic --- Lamps, Mameluke. --- Lamps, Ottoman --- Islamic art metal-work --- Lamps, Mameluke --- Mameluke lamps --- Muslim art metal-work --- Art metal-work --- Ottoman lamps --- Art metal-work, Islamic - Egypt. --- Lamps, Ottoman - Egypt.

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Elaborate and sensational gifts were the hallmark of Mamluk diplomacy. From Cairo, where they controlled the medieval spice trade and the holy sites of Christianity and Islam, the Mamluk Sultans - conscious of their humble slave origins - augmented their claims to legitimacy through brilliant displays of diplomatic gift-giving, creating a celebrated reputation for the Sultanate from Europe to the Far East. From spieces, ceremonial textiles and military objects to elephants and giraffes, and even humans - either living or as severed heads - the offerings varied in combination and emphasis according to the status and circumstances of giver and receiver, but always created a sensation. Through an unparalleled study of primary sources and rigorous fieldwork, this original book - richly illustrated in colour and with a new introduction for the paperback edition - explores the unpredictable and nuanced art of the regal gift in the Mamluk Sultanate form 1250 to 1517. Doris Behrens-Abouseif not only provides the first study of this subject, but makes an important contribution to the study of diplomacy, economics, visual arts and material culture in the medieval period.

History of Asia --- History of Africa --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Middle East --- Diplomatic gifts --- Mamelukes --- History. --- Social life and customs. --- Egypt --- History --- Foreign relations. --- Mamelouks --- Cadeaux diplomatiques --- Relations internationales --- Moeurs et coutumes. --- Histoire. --- Égypte

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This book is the first to date to be dedicated to the circulation of the book as a commodity in the Mamluk sultanate. It discusses the impact of princely patronage on the production of books, the formation and management of libraries in religious institutions, their size and their physical setting. It documents the significance of private collections and their interaction with institutional libraries and the role of charitable endowments (waqf) in the life of libraries. The market as a venue of intellectual and commercial exchanges and a production centre is explored with references to prices and fees. The social and professional background of scribes and calligraphers occupies a major place in this study, which also documents the chain of master-calligraphers over the entire Mamluk period. For her study the author relies on biographical dictionaries, chronicles, waqf documents and manuscripts.

Books --- Libraries --- Scribes --- Calligraphers --- History --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Penmen --- Artists --- Copyists --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Boekgeschiedenis --- Islam --- Handschriften. Epigrafie. Paleografie --- boekgeschiedenis --- kopiisten [schrijvers] --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Syrië --- Egypte --- E-books --- History. --- 094 =9 --- 094 <56> --- 094 <6> --- 094 <6> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Afrika --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Afrika --- 094 <56> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Levant --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Levant --- 094 =9 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oosterse talen --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oosterse talen --- Book history --- Manuscripts. Epigraphy. Paleography --- book history --- scribes [people] --- Syria --- Egypt --- Books. --- Calligraphers. --- Libraries. --- Scribes. --- 400-1600 --- Egypt. --- Syria. --- Books - Egypt - History - 400-1450 --- Books - Egypt - History - 1450-1600 --- Books - Syria - History - 400-1450 --- Books - Syria - History - 1450-1600 --- Libraries - Egypt - History - 400-1400 --- Libraries - Egypt - History - 1400-1600 --- Libraries - Syria - History - 400-1400 --- Libraries - Syria - History - 1400-1600 --- Scribes - Egypt - History --- Scribes - Syria - History --- Calligraphers - Egypt - History --- Calligraphers - Syria - History

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The Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun described Cairo under the Mamluks as ""a city beyond imagination"". The Mamluk sultans originated as a slave-based caste rose to rule in the mid-13th century. Accordingly, they designed their capital to be the heart of the Muslim world. It became the focus of their enormous patronage of art and architecture, the stage for their ceremonial rituals, and a memorial to their achievements. This history of Mamluk architecture spans three centuries and examines the monuments of the Mamluks in their social, political and urban context, during the period of their rule (1250-1517). The book displays the multiple facets of Mamluk patronage, and also provides a succinct discussion of the sixty key monuments built in Cairo by the Mamluk sultans. The unique strength of Doris Abouseif s work lies in its scholarly yet engaging presentation of original material, diligently researched in the waqf (Islamic endowments) archives including architectural plans and personal records. A richly illustrated volume with colour photographs, plans and isometric drawings, it will be an essential reference work for scholars and students of the art and architecture of the Islamic world as well as art historians and historians of late medieval Islamic history. -- Amazon.com.

Architecture, Mameluke --- Islamic architecture --- Mosques --- Tombs --- Architecture, Asian --- Religious institutions --- Arab architecture --- Architecture, Arab --- Architecture, Islamic --- Architecture, Moorish --- Architecture, Muslim --- Architecture, Saracenic --- Moorish architecture --- Muslim architecture --- Saracenic architecture --- Religious architecture --- Mameluke architecture --- Architecture --- Architecture mamelouke --- Le Caire (Égypte) --- Égypte --- Civilisation --- Constructions

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