Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World

Editorial Board 
Ali Asani, Khaled El-Rouayheb, Eva Hoffman, Cemal Kafadar, Thomas W. Lentz, Roy Mottahedeh, Nasser Rabbat, David J. Roxburgh, Hashim Sarkis, Wheeler Thackston, James Wescoat

Advisory Board 
Catherine Asher, Sussan Babaie, Michele Bernardini, Zeynep Çelik, Anna Contadini, Howard Crane, Jerrilynn Dodds, Massumeh Farhad, Finbarr B. Flood, Alain George, Lisa Golombek, Christiane Gruber, Robert Hillenbrand, Renata Holod, Machiel Kiel, Linda Komaroff, Lorenz Korn, R. D. McChesney, Marcus Milwright, Bernard O’Kane, Yves Porter, Scott Redford, Cynthia Robinson, J. Michael Rogers, D. Fairchild Ruggles, Avinoam Shalem, Priscilla Soucek, Maria Subtelny, Heghnar Watenpaugh

What is Muqarnas? 
The Aga Khan Program at Harvard sponsors publication of scholarly works on the history of Islamic art and architecture.Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World, is a yearly volume of articles on art and architectural history, edited by Professor Gülru Necipoğlu. 

Muqarnas 38 begins by considering a curious Kufic-inscribed block in the eleventh-century church of Wuqro Cherqos in Ethiopia. Mikael Muehlbauer offers a biography of this object from its inception as an inscribed arch in a Fatimid great mosque to its medieval use as a chancel and luxury item. The next two articles focus on India, explaining the function of a fifteenth-century monument and manuscript, respectively. Mohit Manohar tackles issues of race in analyzing the Chand Minar, arguing that this stone minaret was built to commemorate the role of African and Indian officers in a key military victory. Vivek Gupta interprets the Miftāḥ al-Fużalāʾ, a unique illustrated Persian dictionary, as an object of instruction that utilized wonder as a didactic tool. Laura Parodi identifies and reconstructs three sixteenth-century royal gardens in Kabul, which influenced their counterparts in the Mughal metropoles of Hindustan as well as Safavid Iran.

The next three articles concern Ottoman Tunisia: Youssef Ben Ismail traces the rise of the fez in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, considering the commercial and cultural history of the red felt cap with a focus on Tunisian merchants. Sihem Lamine interprets the Zaytuna minaret in Tunis (built in 1892) as a colonial object that signaled a shift in power from the Ottomans to the French protectorate through its neo-Almohad style. Ridha Moumni’s article on Tunisian archaeological history (Part II) likewise critically examines a French colonial project, the Bardo Museum, and demonstrates that native Tunisians had already laid the groundwork for the museum through archaeological and collecting efforts earlier in the nineteenth century.

Twentieth-century photography is featured in the following two essays, the first of which (by Sabiha Göloğlu) dissects the relationship between photography and painting in analyzing Miʿmarzade Muhammed ʿAli’s (d. 1938) oil-on-canvas painting of Mecca and Medina. Jacobé Huet appraises Le Corbusier’s Le Voyage d’Orient, published in 1965 and based on a 1914 typescript of his earlier travel notes, showing how the author’s late edits transform his youthful approach to traditional Mediterranean architecture.

In the Notes and Sources section, Anaïs Leone presents new data for reconstructing the luster tilework decoration of the tomb chamber of ʿAbd al-Samad’s shrine in central Iran. The final essay, by Ignacio Ferrer Pérez-Blanco and Marie-Pierre Zufferey, is an exhaustive study of the five muqarnas capitals in the Alhambra. By sculpting these capitals and comparing them to the proportions of muqarnas profiles in seventeenth-century Spanish carpentry treatises, the authors advance a formal understanding of “Western” muqarnas capitals and establish geometrical relationships that have long been unclear.

Where can I purchase Muqarnas? 
Muqarnas can be purchased directly through our publisher, Brill, in most cases. It can also be purchased via special order at a local bookshop. Please be aware that Muqarnas has a limited print run and therefore some volumes may be out of print. You can view manuscripts from volumes 1-33 via Archnet.

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	Muqarnas 38 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Maria J. Metzler Publ. 2021 ISBN 9789004500709 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 37 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Maria J. Metzler Publ. 2020 ISBN 9789004431928 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 36 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Maria J. Metzler Publ. 2019 ISBN 9789004419452 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 35 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Maria J. Metzler Publ. 2018 ISBN 9789004386976 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 34 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Maria J. Metzler Publ. 2017 ISBN 9789004354425 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 33 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Karen A. Leal Publ. 2016 ISBN 9789004322820 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 32 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Karen A. Leal Publ. 2015 ISBN 9789004298989 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 31 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Karen A. Leal Publ. 2014 ISBN 9789004277427 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 30 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Karen A. Leal Publ. 2013 ISBN 9789004255760 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 29 Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Karen A. Leal Publ. 2012 ISBN 9789004234208 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 28  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Karen A. Leal Publ. 2011 ISBN 978-90-04-18511-1 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 27  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Karen A. Leal Publ. 2010 ISBN 978-90-04-18511-1 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 26  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Karen A. Leal Publ. 2009 ISBN 978-90-04-17589-1 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 25  Frontiers of Islamic Art and Architecture: Essays in Celebration of Oleg Grabar's Eightieth Birthday Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Julia Bailey Publ. 2008 ISBN: 978-90-04-17327-9 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 24  Historiography and Ideology: Architectural Heritage of the "Lands of Rum" Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Julia Bailey Publ. 2007 ISBN: 978-90-04-16320-1 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 23  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Julia Bailey Publ. 2006 ISBN: 978-90-04-15492-2 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 22  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Julia Bailey Publ. 2005 ISBN: 978-90-04-14702-0 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 21  Guest Editors: Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Anna Contadini Managing Editor: Julia Bailey Publ. 2004 ISBN: 978-90-04-13964-8 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 20  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Julia Bailey Publ. 2003 ISBN: 978-90-04-13207-4 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 19  Editor, Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: the late Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 2002 ISBN: 978-90-04-12593-0 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 18  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 2001 ISBN: 978-90-04-12234-6 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 17  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 2000 ISBN: 978-90-04-11669-9 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 16  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1999 ISBN: 978-90-04-11482-3 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 15  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1998 ISBN: 978-90-04-11084-4 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 14  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1997 ISBN: 978-90-04-10872-6 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 13  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1996 ISBN: 978-90-04-10633-2 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 12  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1995 ISBN: 978-90-04-10314-7 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 11  Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1994 ISBN: 978-90-04-10070-9 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 10  Essays in Honor of Oleg Grabar Editor: Gülru Necipoğlu Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1993 ISBN: 978-90-04-09748-1 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 9  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1992 ISBN: 978-90-04-09625-6 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 8  K.A.C. Creswell and His Legacy  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1991 ISBN: 978-90-04-09372-9 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 7  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1990 ISBN: 978-90-04-09347-8 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 6  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1989 ISBN: 978-90-04-09050-9 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 5  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1988 ISBN: 978-90-04-08647-1 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 4  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1987 ISBN: 978-90-04-08155-0 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 3  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1985 ISBN: 978-90-04-07611-5 Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 2  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1984 ISBN: 978-0-300-03137-8 Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, USA Table of Contents
	Muqarnas 1  Editor: Oleg Grabar Managing Editor: Margaret Ševčenko Publ. 1983 ISBN: 978-0-300-02837-7 Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, USA Table of Contents