The iconography of Islamic art :  studies in honour of Robert Hillenbrand / 
edited by Bernard O'Kane. 
 - xiii, 336 p., [32] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.) ;  26 cm. 
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<br/><br/> Birds and blessings/  Remarks on the iconography of the medieval capitals of Cairo/  Mongol envoy/  Alamoravid geometric designs in the pavement of the Capella Palatina in Palermo/  kingly posture/  Musical beasts/  Cup, branch, bird and fish/  Islamic incense burners and the influence of Buddhist Art/  Vine ornamennts and pomengranates as palace decoration in Anjar/  Persianate trends in Sultanate architecture/  Silks, pots and jugs/  Khusrau as champion of Shi'ism/  Waves of the sea/  Arboreal aesthetic/  vicissitudes of Rustam/  Made for the show/  pictorial representation of the Hadith al-thaqalay in an Ilkhamid copy Balami's Tarjuma-yi tarikh-i Tabari in the Freer Gallery/  Style versus substance/  Sylvia Auld--  Marianne Barrucand--  Sheila S. Blair--  Jonathan M. Bloom--  Barbara Brend--  Anna Contadini--  Abbas Danshevari--  Gâeza Fehâervâari--  Barbara Finster--  Finbarr Barry Flood--  Oleg Grabar--  Ulrike al Khamis--  Marcus Milwright--  Bernard O'Kane--  B.W. Robinson--  Avinoam Shalem--  Raya Y. Shani--  Rachel Ward.  A  A  The  The  A 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0748620907 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic architecture<br/>Islamic art
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N6260  / .I32 2005