Let’s Start with the Questions - Keynote Lecture
Автор: Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
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Let’s Start with the Questions
Jane McAuliffe, Library of Congress
SYMPOSIUM
The Word Illuminated: Form and Function of Qur’anic Manuscripts
Thursday–Saturday, December 1–3
Turkish Embassy and Ripley Center Lecture Hall
Costly paper, finely tooled bindings, special scripts, and intricate illumination are among the characteristics that distinguish the manuscripts in The Art of the Qur’an. In this symposium, investigate the materiality of luxury copies of the Qur’an made between the eighth and the seventeenth century from Herat to Istanbul. Also learn about the complex and layered significance these Qur’ans acquired as they changed ownership. Speakers examine the volumes in their historical, cultural, and artistic contexts and discuss their use as potent symbols of piety and political and religious authority. The symposium is organized in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts and is made possible in part through the support of the El-Hibri Foundation.
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