Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning (Vol II) - Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Hillenbrand

Melanie Gibson

ISBN 10: 190994260X / ISBN 13: 9781909942608

Published by GINGKO, GB, 2022

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Carole and Robert Hillenbrand are acclaimed academics who have made immense contributions to the fields of Islamic history and art history. The respect and affection of the academic community towards them is legendary. For these two volumes, editors Ali Ansari and Melanie Gibson have gathered a wide-ranging selection of scholarly essays by some of their longstanding colleagues as well as by recent students who now occupy academic positions across the world. The volume dedicated to Robert Hillenbrand includes thirteen articles on subjects which include studies on a rare 8th-century metal dish with Nilotic scenes, Chinese Qur'ans, the process of image making in both theory and practice, and a shrine in Mosul destroyed by ISIS.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning (Vol II) - Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Hillenbrand
• Publisher: GINGKO, GB
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190994260X
• ISBN 13: 9781909942608
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1525 grams

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Synopsis

Collected essays honoring the work of British professors Carole and Robert Hillenbrand.

Carole and Robert Hillenbrand are legendary British professors, both of whom have made immense contributions to the fields of Islamic history and art history, and they are highly respected and beloved by the academic community. For these two volumes, editors Melanie Gibson and Ali Ansari have gathered an eclectic mix of scholarly contributions by colleagues and by some of their most recent students who now occupy positions in universities worldwide. The eleven articles in the volume dedicated to Carole Hillenbrand include research on a range of topics, including the elusive Fatimid caliph al-Zafir, a crusader raid on Mecca, and the Persian bureaucrat Mirza Saleh Shirazi’s history of England. In Robert Hillenbrand's volume, the thirteen articles include studies of a rare eighth-century metal dish with Nilotic scenes, Chinese Qur’ans, the process of image-making in both theory and practice, and a shrine in Mosul destroyed by ISIS.

About the Author

Melanie Gibson is a well-known authority on Middle Eastern ceramics, writing and lecturing on them worldwide. A council member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, she is also a trustee of the Al-Tajir Trust and a trustee of the Friends of Leighton House, where she first became fascinated by the history behind the creation of the Arab Hall.