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Exhibition Review
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 606-609
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Reviewer:
Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
Subjects
media:
Gold / Glassware / Metalwork / Ceramics
museums and institutions:
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, United States
styles:
Arabian / North African
subjects:
East-West trade / Merchants / Africans / Medieval / Umayyad / Fatimid
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington 8th April–29th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Detail from the Atlas of Maritime Charts (Catalan Atlas) showing Mansā Mūsā, by Abraham Cresques. 1375. Parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Espagnol 30; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Seated figure. c.1300. Copper with traces of arsenic, lead and tin, height 54 cm. (Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abuja, Nigeria; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Western art unattributed:
5. Glazed ceramic jar inscribed ‘albaraka’ (‘blessing’), produced at Murcia or Almeria. 1150–1200. (Musée archéologique de Rabat, Morocco; photograph Moroccan- American Project, Sijilmasa, 1988; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Western art unattributed:
8. Jug with royal arms of England. English, c.1390– 99. Copper alloy, height 62.3 cm. (British Museum, London, England; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Book Review
Khirbat al Mafjar: An Arabian Mansion in the Jordan Valley
02/1960 | 683 | 102
Pages: 82
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Reviewer:
Runciman, Steven (Runciman, Steven)
Subjects
buildings:
Hisham's Palace, Jericho, Israel
places:
Palestine / Israel
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Umayyad
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Khirbat al Mafjar. An Arabian Mansion in the Jordan Valley | author: Hamilton, R. W.
Book Review
A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture
11/1958 | 668 | 100
Pages: 401
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Reviewer:
Runciman, Steven (Runciman, Steven)
Subjects
places:
Middle East / Palestine / Israel / Syria
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Umayyad / Abbasid
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture | author: Creswell, K. A. C.
Article
Newly Discovered Syrian Mosaics
04/1931 | 337 | 58
Pages: 180-181+183
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Author:
Briggs, Martin S. (Briggs, Martin S.; B., M. S.; Briggs, M. S.; Bricgs, Martin S.; Briggs, S. Martin)
Subjects
dates:
0700-0799
places:
Syria / Damascus
places:
Jerash
subjects:
Syrian / Paintings / Mosaics
subjects:
Islamic painting / Islamic architecture / Umayyad
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Mosaics of the Umayyad Period (Early Eighth Century) from the Great Mosque at Damascus. Drawings (Victoria and Albert Museum). Newly Discovered Syrian Mosaics
Article
The Evolution of the Minaret, with Special Reference to Egypt-I
03/1926 | 276 | 48
Pages: 134-135+137-140
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Author:
Creswell, K. A. C. (Creswell, K. A. C.; C., K. A. C.)
Subjects
dates:
0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 0900-0999 / 1000-1099
places:
Egypt
places:
Syria
subjects:
Egyptian architecture / Islamic architecture / Minarets
subjects:
Mosques
subjects:
Muslim / Sources
subjects:
Syrian / Umayyad / Influence
subjects:
Campaniles
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
A-Monastery of St. George, Sameh
Non-western art unattributed:
B-Umm ar-Rasās
Non-western art unattributed:
C-Mosque of Sidi 'Oqba, Qairowan
Non-western art unattributed:
D-Great Mosque, Aleppo
Non-western art unattributed:
E-Mosque of al-Khidr, Bosra; F-Great Mosque, Ma'arrat an-Nu'mān; G-Great Mosque in the Citadel, Aleppo; H-'Umar Mosque, Bosra. The Evolution of the Minaret, with Special Reference to Egypt-I
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 1. Church of SS. Sergius and Bacchus, Umm as-Surab.