Mirʼāt al-quds (Mirror of holiness) : a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar : a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. numbers 2005.145 /

Mirʼāt al-quds (Mirror of holiness) : a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar : a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. numbers 2005.145 /

Emperor Akbar's exceptional interest in Christianity is reflected in many ways. Among these was his commissioning in 1602 of a Life of Christ from his guest, the Jesuit priest Jerome Xavier, thus marking a singular moment in the relations between one of the greatest Muslim rulers and Catholicis...

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Main Author: Carvalho, Pedro de Moura.

Other Authors: Thackston, W. M. 1944-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Muqarnas, Supplements 12.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223066.

Subjects:

Akbar, > Emperor of Hindustan, > 1542-1605.
Jesus Christ > Art.
Jesus Christ > Biography.
Javier, Jerónimo, > 1549-1617. > Dāstān-i Masīḥ.
Cleveland Museum of Art.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul.

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Call Number: BT301.3 .C38 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE A LIFE OF FATHER JEROME XAVIER
  • CHAPTER TWO THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS IN CONTEXT
  • CHAPTER THREE VISUALIZING THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS: CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, ACC. NO. 2005.145
  • CHAPTER FOUR CATALOGUE OF THE CLEVELAND MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS, ACC. NO. 2005.145
  • CHAPTER FIVE A TRANSLATION OF THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS BY W. M. THACKSTON, WITH NOTES BY P. MOURA CARVALHO
  • AN ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS BY W. M. THACKSTON
  • APPENDIX I
  • APPENDIX II
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.