Word of God, Art of Man: The Qur'an and Its Creative Expressions - Selected Proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 18-21 October 2003
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Muslim reverence for the Qur'an as the Word of God has manifested itself in various artistic forms throughout history and up to the present day. This innovative collection of essays explores creative expressions of the Qur'an in a wide range of media. Contributors include museum curators and leading academics in art and architectural history, palaeography and material anthropology, and their studies span four continents and cover topics from medieval coins and early illuminated copies of the Qur'an to contemporary painting. They offer a multidisciplinary approach to the questions of how, why and in what contexts the Qur'an has inspired Muslim artists and craftspeople to adorn the spaces they inhabit and the objects they cherish with its verses. The volume includes 120 colour illustrations, some published for the first time, and an extensive bibliography.
List of illustrations xiNote on transliteration, translation and abbreviation xviiiOpening address by His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan xixIntroduction Fahmida Suleman 1Opening reflectionsThe Qur'an as a source of artistic inspiration Oleg Grabar 27Qur'anic calligraphy and inscriptions in the medieval Muslim worldBeyond the secular and the sacred: Qur'anic inscriptions in medieval Islamic art and material culture Doris Behrens-Abouseif 41Arts of the Celestial Pen: Qur'ans from the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies Duncan Haldane 51Qur'anic inscriptions on Sinan's imperial mosques: a comparison with their Safavid and Mughal counterparts Gulru Necipoglu 69'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truthfulness and righteousness': Qur'anic inscriptions on Fatimid coinage, AH 296-488/AD 909-1095 Alnoor Jehangir Merchant 105Amulets, talismans and magicAmulets inscribed with the names of the 'Seven Sleepers' of Ephesus in the British Museum Venetia Porter 123A magic mirror in the Louvre and additional observations on the use of magic mirrors in contemporary Yemen Anne Regourd 135Persian glosses on a Qur'anic manuscript from Central Asia Marie Efthymiou 157The Qur'anic text in recent timesThe art of Qur'anic penmanship and illumination among Muslim scholars in southwestern Nigeria Ismaheel Akinade Jimoh 175The art of the Qur'an in Southeast Asia Annabel Teh Gallop 191Qur'anic inscriptions on woodcarvings from the Malay Peninsula Huism Tan 205Sacred calligraphy in contemporary art Ayse Turgut 217Qur'anic inscriptions on textilesKa'ba covers from the Topkapi Palace collection and their inscriptions Hulya Tezcan 227Qur'anic inscriptions on the so-called 'Pennon of Las Navas de Tolosa' and three Marinid banners Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga 239Final reflectionsWritten, spoken, envisioned: the many facets of the Qur'an in art Sheila S. Blair 271Notes on contributors 285Glossary 291Bibliography 295Index 317Index of Qur'anic citations 329
