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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. no. 2005.145

Title 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. no. 2005.145
Author Carvalho, Pedro de Moura.
Publication Date: 2012
Publication Place Leiden - Boston : Brill
Subject Jesus Christ -- Biography, Jesus Christ -- Art, Jesus Christ, Dāstān-i Masīḥ (Javier, Jerónimo), Javier, Jerónimo Dāstān-i Masīḥ, Jesus Christus, <<The>> Cleveland Museum of Art; Acc. No. 2005.145, Javier, Jerónimo, 1549-1617 Dāstān-i Masīḥ, Jesus -- Biography, Jesus -- Art, Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605, Cleveland Museum of Art, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire, Biografie, Mogulreich -- Malerei, Biographie, Bilderhandschrift, Malerei, Persisch, Mogulreich, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul
Type Book
Language ara,eng
Digital No
Manuscript No
Pages Count 384
Physical Dimensions 28 cm
Library: Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID LC : 2011026110, ISBN : 9789004211490, ISBN : 9004211497, ISBN : 9789004215740, ISBN : 9004215743, OCLC : (OCoLC)733045210
Record ID alma9922968143903768
Library Location Available at WU - Olin Library Stacks (BT301.3 .C38 2012)
Date 2012
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index., Text in English and Arabic.
Sample Text • Introduction • Father Jerome Xavierand the Third Jesuit Mission to the Mughal Court: Historical, Political, and Relgiious Contexts • 1.1 Background and Literary Production • 1.2 A bio-bibliographical Surevey • 1.3 Early and Contemporary Lives of Christ • 2.1 A Bibliographical survey of the Mir'at al-quds and its reception in European literature • 2.2 Identifying the literary sources used by Father Jerome Xavier • 2.2.1 The Old Testament • 2.2.2 The New Testaments • The Apocryphal gospels: On the lives of Mary and Jesus • 2.2.4 Abgar's Letter • 2.2.5 Religious literature and other historical texts • 2.3 An interpretation of the Abgar episode and some further considerations • 2.3.1 Additional reflections on the Mir'at al-quds • The complexities of writing about Christ for a Muslim audience • 2.4.1 Disputes and compromises: the role of Mary • 2.5 Copying the Mir'at al-quds • 3.1 The miniatures of the Cleveland Mir'at Al-Quds • 3.2 The missing miniatures and their themes • 3.3 Salim as the patron of the Cleveland Mir'at al-quds illustrated at Allahabad (1602-4) • 3.4 A brief survey of the life of Christ in Islamic painting and literature • 4.1 Cat. Nos. I-XXVII • 4.2 A list of the miniatures, with corresponding pages in Father Jerome's text (in the Clevaland copy of the Mir'at al-quds) • 5.1 Translator's Preface • 5.2 Preamble • 5.3 Part One: Christ's Childhood • 5.4 Part Two: His Miracles and Teachings • 5.5 Part Three: His Trials, tribulations, and death • 5.6 Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven • 6.1 Preamble • 6.2 Part One: Christ's Childhood • 6.3 Part Two: His Miracles and Teachings • 6.4 Part Three: His Trials, tribulations, and death • 6.5 Part Foue: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven.
Tür Biography, works of art, Biographies, Art, Œuvres d'art
Seri Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture ; v. 12., Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture, 0921-0326 ; v. 12
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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. no. 2005.145

Author Carvalho, Pedro de Moura.
Publication Date 2012
Publication Place Leiden - Boston : Brill
Subject Jesus Christ -- Biography, Jesus Christ -- Art, Jesus Christ, Dāstān-i Masīḥ (Javier, Jerónimo), Javier, Jerónimo Dāstān-i Masīḥ, Jesus Christus, <<The>> Cleveland Museum of Art; Acc. No. 2005.145, Javier, Jerónimo, 1549-1617 Dāstān-i Masīḥ, Jesus -- Biography, Jesus -- Art, Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605, Cleveland Museum of Art, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire, Biografie, Mogulreich -- Malerei, Biographie, Bilderhandschrift, Malerei, Persisch, Mogulreich, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul
Type Book
Language ara,eng
Digital No
Manuscript No
Pages Count 384
Physical Dimensions 28 cm
Library Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID LC : 2011026110, ISBN : 9789004211490, ISBN : 9004211497, ISBN : 9789004215740, ISBN : 9004215743, OCLC : (OCoLC)733045210
Record ID alma9922968143903768
Library Location Available at WU - Olin Library Stacks (BT301.3 .C38 2012)
Date 2012
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index., Text in English and Arabic.
Sample Text • Introduction • Father Jerome Xavierand the Third Jesuit Mission to the Mughal Court: Historical, Political, and Relgiious Contexts • 1.1 Background and Literary Production • 1.2 A bio-bibliographical Surevey • 1.3 Early and Contemporary Lives of Christ • 2.1 A Bibliographical survey of the Mir'at al-quds and its reception in European literature • 2.2 Identifying the literary sources used by Father Jerome Xavier • 2.2.1 The Old Testament • 2.2.2 The New Testaments • The Apocryphal gospels: On the lives of Mary and Jesus • 2.2.4 Abgar's Letter • 2.2.5 Religious literature and other historical texts • 2.3 An interpretation of the Abgar episode and some further considerations • 2.3.1 Additional reflections on the Mir'at al-quds • The complexities of writing about Christ for a Muslim audience • 2.4.1 Disputes and compromises: the role of Mary • 2.5 Copying the Mir'at al-quds • 3.1 The miniatures of the Cleveland Mir'at Al-Quds • 3.2 The missing miniatures and their themes • 3.3 Salim as the patron of the Cleveland Mir'at al-quds illustrated at Allahabad (1602-4) • 3.4 A brief survey of the life of Christ in Islamic painting and literature • 4.1 Cat. Nos. I-XXVII • 4.2 A list of the miniatures, with corresponding pages in Father Jerome's text (in the Clevaland copy of the Mir'at al-quds) • 5.1 Translator's Preface • 5.2 Preamble • 5.3 Part One: Christ's Childhood • 5.4 Part Two: His Miracles and Teachings • 5.5 Part Three: His Trials, tribulations, and death • 5.6 Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven • 6.1 Preamble • 6.2 Part One: Christ's Childhood • 6.3 Part Two: His Miracles and Teachings • 6.4 Part Three: His Trials, tribulations, and death • 6.5 Part Foue: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven.
Tür Biography, works of art, Biographies, Art, Œuvres d'art
Seri Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture ; v. 12., Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture, 0921-0326 ; v. 12
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