Early Islamic art and architecture

This volume deals with the formative period of Islamic art (to c. 950), and the different approaches to studying it. Individual essays deal with architecture, ceramics, coins, textiles, and manuscripts, as well as with such broad questions as the supposed prohibition of images, and the relationships between sacred and secular art. An introductory essay sets each work in context; it is complemented by a bibliography for further reading.

Max van BerchemErnst HerzfeldErnst KuhnelK.A.C. CreswellJean SauvagetGeorge C. MilesKurt WeitzmannDavid Storm RiceOleg GrabarD.G. Shepherd and W. HenningRichard EttinghausenRobert HillenbrandEstelle WhelanJonathan M. Bloom

Acknowledgements	p. vii
General Editor's Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
1 Notes on Arabic Archeology	p. 1
2 The Genesis of Islamic Art and the Problem of Mshatta	p. 7
3 'Abbasid Lustrewares	p. 87
4 The Lawfulness of Painting in Early Islam	p. 101
5 The Mosque and the Palace	p. 109
6 Mihrab and 'Anazah: A Study in Islamic Iconography	p. 149
7 The Greek Sources of Islamic Scientific Illustrations	p. 167
8 Deacon or Drink: Some Paintings from Samarra Re-examined	p. 195
9 The Umayyad Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem	p. 223
10 Zandaniji Identified?	p. 257
11 The Throne and Banquet Hall of Khirbat al-Mafjar	p. 283
12 La Dolce Vita in Early Islamic Syria: The Evidence of Later Umayyad Palaces	p. 333
13 The Origins of the Mihrab Mujawwaf: A Reinterpretation	p. 373
14 Al-Ma'mun's Blue Koran?	p. 393
Index	p. 401

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