INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ART & ARCHITECTURE (AH 2024), HAND OUT #10

Works of Art/Monuments:*Al-Sufi, Book of Fixed Stars (Oxford)Dioscurides, De Materia Medica*Maqamat (“Assemblies”) of Al-Hariri, Yahya al-Wasihi (Paris: BnF)Kalila wa Dimna*Shroud of St. Josse (Paris: Louvre)*Bobrinski Bucket*Freer Pen Case (Washington, D.C.)Freer Candlestick (Washington, D.C.)Aquamanile in shape of suckling cow attacked by lion (St. Petersburg: Hermitage)Incense burners (St. Petersburg: Hermitage and Paris: Louvre)*Mina’i fritware beaker with story of Bizan and Manizah (Washington, D.C.: Freer)Stonepaste openwork ewer with harpies and sphinxesLuster painted wall tiles (New York: MMA)*Mihrab from Meydan Mosque in Kashan (Berlin)

Terms and names:*Mongol invasionsKhwarazmTransoxianaHeratKashanAndromedaAbu Zayd from SarujAl-Harith*ColophonPanchatantraBurzoePehlaviIbn al-Mukaffa’Abu Mansur BakhtikinSt.-Josse-sur-MerEtienne de BloisSamit (Samite)Drawloom*NardAbd al-Rahman ibn Abdallah al-RashidiMuhammad ibn Abd al-WahidMasud ibn AhmadRashid al-Din Azizi ibn Abu’l-Husayn al-ZanjaniKhurasanJaziraKhwarezmshah*Fritware (stonepaste)*MinaiFirdawsi’s ShanamaRustam*“Kasha” (Kashan style)