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by themselves convey the beauty offloral,geometric or calUgraphic motives displayed by thetiles,the appreciation of their inherent aesthetic and historical merits is magnified by means of meticulous captions. For example, reproductions of epigraphic fragments of different, sometimes difficult, decorative scripts are provided with EngUsh translations and even with their hibUographic' identification. A pedantic epigraphist would notice that the initial w o r d in the Kufic Qur'anic inscription reproduced in iUus. 18 does not appear in its entirety in the sample as claimed by its translator. Also, the word ghirr which appears in the naskhi inscription reproduced in iUustration 47 aUows a more precise chronological identification than [the one] given in its caption. The contents of the book are enriched by two m a p s of the Middle East, showing the location of discussed sites, by a basic bibliography of further reading pertaining to each of the chapters, and by an equaUy useful index. In her preface the author reverently acknowledges the unsurpassed accompUshments of Arthur Lane, a Keeper of Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert M u s e u m , 'whose books on Islamic pottery and tUes remain inspired and standard works', hi the opinion
Parergon – Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)
Published: Apr 3, 1998
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