Mirʼāt al-quds : a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar : a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145 / by Pedro Moura Carvalho ; with a translation and annotated transcription of the text by Wheeler M. Thackston.
Akbar's commission of a Life of Christ from the Jesuit Jerome Xavier resulted in a fascinating text (1602) in which the author's concern not to antagonize his Muslim hosts is apparent. The 27 miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that...
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| Other title: | Commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Arabic |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
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| Series: | Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture ;
v. 12. |
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BT301.3 .C38 2012
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