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Author Carvalho, Pedro de Moura

Title Mirʼāt al-quds : 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 / by Pedro Moura Carvalho ; with a translation and annotated transcription of the text by Wheeler M. Thackston
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 384 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Series Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture, 0921-0326 ; v. 12
Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture ; v. 12.
Contents Preface and Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Father Jerome Xavier and the Third Jesuit Mission to the Mughal Court: Historical, Political, andReligious Contexts; CHAPTER ONE; A LIFE OF FATHER JEROME XAVIER; 1.1. Background and literary production; 1.2. A bio-bibliographical survey; 1.3. Early and contemporary Lives of Christ; CHAPTER TWO; THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS IN CONTEXT; 2.1. A bibliographical survey of the Mirʼāt 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 Testament
2.2.3. The apocryphal gospels: On the lives of Mary and Jesus2.2.4. 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 Mirʼāt al-quds; 2.4. The complexities of writing about Christ for a Muslim audience; 2.4.1. Disputes and compromises: The role of Mary; 2.5. Copying the Mirʼāt al-quds; CHAPTER THREE; VISUALIZING THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS:CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, ACC. NO. 2005.145; 3.1. The miniatures of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds
3.2. The missing miniatures and their themes3.3. Salim as the patron of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds illustrated at Allahabad (1602-4); 3.4. A brief survey of the life of Christ in Islamic painting and literature; CHAPTER FOUR; CATALOGUE OF THE CLEVELAND MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS, ACC. NO. 2005.145; 4.1. Cat. Nos. I-XXVII; 4.2. A list of the miniatures, with corresponding pages in Father Jerome's text (in the Cleveland copyof the Mirʼāt al-quds); CHAPTER FIVE; A TRANSLATION OF THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS BY W.M. THACKSTON, WITH NOTES BY P. MOURA CARVALHO; 5.1. Translator's Preface; 5.2. Preamble
5.3. Part One: Christ's childhood5.4. 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; CHAPTER SIX; AN ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDSBY W.M. THACKSTON; 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 Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven; APPENDIX I; Some Technical Aspects of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds; APPENDIX II
Order of Folios in the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds, by W.M. ThackstonBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary Akbar's commission of a Life of Christ from the Jesuit Jerome Xavier resulted in a fascinating text (1602) in which the author's concern not to antagonize his Muslim hosts is apparent. The 27 miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that often do not find parallels in a European context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English and Arabic
Subject Javier, Jerónimo, 1549-1617. Dāstān-i Masīḥ.
Jesus Christ -- Biography
Jesus Christ -- Art
Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605
SUBJECT Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605 fast
Jesus Christ fast
Javier, Jerónimo. Dāstān-i Masīḥ. idszbz
Jesus Christus. idszbz
Subject Cleveland Museum of Art.
SUBJECT Cleveland Museum of Art fast
<<The>> Cleveland Museum of Art; Acc. No. 2005.145. idszbz
Dāstān-i Masīḥ (Javier, Jerónimo) fast
Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire
Biografie
Bilderhandschrift
Persisch
Biographie.
Bilderhandschrift.
Malerei.
Persisch.
Mogulreich -- Malerei.
Mogulreich.
Genre/Form Art
Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Thackston, W. M. (Wheeler McIntosh), 1944-
LC no. 2011026110
ISBN 9004215743
9789004215740
1283356716
9781283356718
9786613356710
6613356719
Other Titles Commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145