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Facts and artefacts; art in the Islamic world; festschrift for Jens Kroger on his 65th birthday.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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May 1, 2008
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Facts and artefacts; art in the Islamic world; festschrift for Jens Kroger on his 65th birthday.
Ed. by Annette Hagedorn and Avinoam Shalem.
BRILL
2007
496 pages
$285.00
Hardcover
Islamic history and civilization
N6260
This Festschrift on Islamic art is arranged by the medium used: glass, metal, rock crystal, ivory etc. Many of the authors present a stud...
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