HAA 128g Pro-Seminar: Syllabus and Readings Professor David J.

Roxburgh
Spring 2005: Monday 3:00–5:00, Sackler 119 Sackler 410; (617) 496 1056
roxburgh@fas.harvard.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00–2:00

I SLAMIC E PIGRAPHY AND C ALLIGRAPHY

S PIRITUAL GEOMETRIES AND B ODILY I NSTRUMENTS

Examines the use of writing on different art forms including architecture from the Islamic lands
with an emphasis on the period between ca. 600 and 1500. The course will introduce key
methodologies in the study of writing and the full range of scripts, orthographic conventions, and
textual content. Aesthetic, cultural and sociopolitical questions will be treated and critical issues
such as the text as image debate. No knowledge of Arabic or Persian is required.

READINGS:

All required books and articles (from journals, conference proceedings, or edited books) are on
reserve at the Fine Arts Library and should be read before the weekly meeting for which they are
assigned. Some books are on open reserve, others on closed reserve; the articles are arranged
alphabetically by author in a binder.

The work of the seminar will involve discussion of the readings. A select bibliography
accompanies the syllabus. Studies marked with a double asterisk are also on reserve at Fine Arts
Library.

REQUIREMENTS:

The final grade is broken down as follows: weekly participation in classroom discussion 30%;
research presentation 20% of no more than 20 minutes [to be accompanied by a bibliography
and an 8–page typed version of the paper]; final research paper 50% on a topic of the student’s
choice in consultation with the professor. The final paper is due on May 18.
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TOPICS BY WEEK

February 7 Introduction: Epigraphy and Calligraphy in Islamic Art

February 14 The Features of the Arabic Script and Its Development

February 21 HOLIDAY

February 28 The Koran

March 7 Macrographia and Micrographia: Jerusalem and Cordoba

March 14 Fatimid Cairo: Case Study

March 21 Tiraz and Coins

March 26–April 3 SPRING BREAK

April 4 Samanid Epigraphic Ware

April 11 The Culture of Writing

April 18 Writing/Image: The Contested Meanings of Writing

April 25 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

May 2 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

May 9 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

May 18 FINAL RESEARCH PAPER DUE

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READINGS BY WEEK

February 7 Introduction: Epigraphy and Calligraphy in Islamic Art

February 14 The Features of the Arabic Script and Its Development

Readings:

Nabia Abbott, “Arabic Palaeography”

Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, “De l’araméen à l’arabe: quelques

reflections sur la genèse de l’écriture arabe”

John F. Healey, “Nabataean to Arabic: Calligraphy and Script

Development Among the Pre-Islamic Arabs”

Janine Sourdel-Thomine, “Les origines de l’écriture arabe: à propos

d’une hypothèse récente”

________. “L’écriture arabe et son evolution ornamentale”

________. “Quelques étapes et perspectives de l’épigraphie arabe”

February 21 HOLIDAY
Readings:

Sheila S. Blair, Islamic Inscriptions

Richard Ettinghausen, “Arabic Calligraphy: Communication or Symbolic

Affirmation”

J. Sourdel-Thomine, “Kitabat,” EI2, 5:210–16; and J. Sourdel-Thomine,

“Khatt,” EI2, 4:1113–28

February 28 The Koran

Readings:

Jacques Berque, “The Koranic Text: From Revelation to Compilation”

J. Burton, “Mushaf,” EI2, 7:668–9

François Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition: Qur’ans of the 8th to 10th Centuries
AD, pp. 1–47 + browse catalogue entries

Yasin Dutton, “Red dots, green dots, yellow dots and blue: some
reflections on the vocalization of early Qur’anic Manuscripts, Part
1”
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Alain Fouad George, “The Geometry of the Qur’an of Amajur: A

Preliminary Study of Proportion in Early Arabic Calligraphy”

Solange Ory, “Du Coran récité au Coran calligraphié”

Yasser Tabbaa, “The Transformation of Arabic Writing: Part 1, Qur'anic

Calligraphy”

Estelle Whelan, “Forgotten Witness: Evidence for the Early Codification

of the Qur’an”

March 7 Macrographia and Micrographia: Jerusalem and Cordoba

Readings:

Erica Dodd and Shereen Khairallah, The Image of the Word: A Study of
Koranic Verses in Islamic Architecture, 2 vols, 1:1–89 + browse vol. 2

Oleg Grabar, The Shape of the Holy, pp. 56–71

P. Grierson, “The Monetary Reforms of ‘Abd al-Malik”

Adolf Grohmann, “The Origin and Development of Floriated Kufic”

Christel Kessler, “Abd al-Malik’s Inscription in the Dome of the Rock: A

Reconsideration”

Nuha Khoury, “The Meaning of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in the

Tenth Century”

Ernst Kühnel, Die islamischen Elfenbeinskuplturen VIII–XIII Jahrhundert, review

cats 19–51 and accompanying plates

E. Levi-Provençal, Inscriptions arabes d’Espagne, 2 vols, vol. 1, pp. IX–

XXXVI and cat. nos 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; vol. 2, plates 3, 4, and 5

March 14 Fatimid Cairo: A Case Study

Readings:

Irene Bierman. Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text

March 21 Tiraz and Coins

Readings:

Sheila S. Blair, “Inscriptions on Medieval Islamic Textiles”

________. “A Note on the Prayers Inscribed on Several Medieval Silk

Textiles in the Abegg Foundation”
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Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom and Anne E. Wardwell, “Re-

evaluating the Date of the ‘Buyid’ Silks by Epigraphic and
Radiocarbon Analysis”

Florence Day, “The Tiraz Silk of Marwan”

________. “The Inscription of the Boston ‘Baghdad’ Silk: A Note on

Method in Epigraphy”

Ernst Kühnel, Catalogue of Dated Tiraz Fabrics: Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, pp.
1–4 + browse catalogue entries

Y. K. Stillman et al, “Tiraz,” EI2, 10:534–8; and C. E. Bosworth, et al,

“Sikka,” EI2, 9:591–9

M. Levey, “Medieval Arabic Minting of Gold and Silver Coins”

C. Toll, “Minting Technique According to Arabic Literary Sources”

March 26–April 3 SPRING BREAK

April 4 Samanid Epigraphic Ware

Readings:

Oya Pancaroglu, “Serving Wisdom: The Contents of Samanid

Epigraphic Pottery”

Lisa Volov, “Plaited Kufic on Samanid Epigraphic Pottery”

April 11 The Culture of Writing

Readings:

Ibn al-Nadim. The Fihrist of al-Nadim, pp. 1–40.

Seyyid Hossein Nasr, “Oral transmission and the book in Islamic

education: the spoken and the written word”

R. Sellheim, “Sama’, 2.” EI2, 8:1018–20

Georges Vajda, “De la transmission orale du savoir dans l’Islam

traditionnel”

Franz Rosenthal, “Significant Uses of Arabic Writing”

________. “Abu Hayyan At-Tawhidi on Penmanship”

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April 18 Writing/Image: The Contested Meanings of Writing

Readings:

Sheila S. Blair, “Legibility versus Decoration in Islamic Epigraphy: The

Case of Interlacing”

Oleg Grabar, Mediation of Ornament, chap. 2, pp. 47–119

Anthony Welch, “Epigraphs as Icons”

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS AND PRIMERS

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** Atiyeh, George N., ed. The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the
Middle East. Albany, NY, 1995.

Baltaci, Cahit. Islam Paleografyasi (Diplomatik-Arsivcilik). Istanbul, 1989.

Bayani, Mahdi. Ahval va athar-i khushnivisan. 2 vols., 4 pts. Tehran, 1363/1984–85.

** Blair, Sheila S. The Monumental Inscriptions from Early Islamic Iran and Transoxiana. Leiden, 1992.

** ________. Islamic Inscriptions. New York, 1998.

Bloom, Jonathan M. Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World. New
Haven, 2001.

Bosworth, Clifford. The New Islamic Dynasties. New York, 1996.

Combe, E., Jean Sauvaget and G. Wiet. Repertoire chronologique d’epigraphie arabe. Vols 1–17.
Cairo, 1931–82.

Encyclopaedia Iranica. London, 1982–.

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** Endress, Gerhard. An Introduction to Islam. Edinburgh, 1988 [contains useful chapter on

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or for hijri/miladi date converter, visit http://koran.topcities.com/Calender.htm

** Gacek, Adam. The Arabic Manuscript Tradition. A Glossary of Technical Terms and Bibliography.
Leiden, 2001.

** Hanaway, William, and Brian Spooner. Reading Nasta’liq: Persian and Urdu Hands from 1500 to
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** Ibn al-Nadim. The Fihrist of al-Nadim: A Tenth-Century Survey of Muslim Culture. Edited and
translated by Bayard Dodge. New York: Columbia University Press, 1970.
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Materiaux pour un corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum

See monographs listed under INSCRIPTIONS

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** Pedersen, Johannes. The Arabic Book. Princeton, N.J., 1984.

Taqizadeh, S. H. “Various Eras and Calendars Used in the Countries of Islam.” Bulletin of the
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1982.

Whelan, Estelle. “Early Islam, Emerging Patterns (622–1050).” In Islamic Art and Patronage:
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COPYING AND TRANSMISSION

Gacek, Adam. “Technical Practices and Recommendations Recorded by Classical and Post-
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** Vajda, Georges. “De la transmission orale du savoir dans l’Islam traditionnel.” L’Arabisant 5
(1975): 2–8.

________. “Idjaza.” EI2, 3:1020–1021.

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Allan, J. W. Islamic Metalwork: The Nuhad Es-Said Collection. London, 1982.

________. Metalwork of the Islamic World: The Aron Collection. London, 1986.

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1985.

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(1997): 128–38.

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________. “Studies in Islamic Metalwork—III.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
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________. “Studies in Islamic Metalwork—IV.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
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________. “Deux epitaphes arabes anciennes.” Eretz-Israel 7 (1964): 112–15.

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________. “Clefs et serrures de la Ka’ba.” Revue des Études Islamiques 39, 1 (1971): 29–86.

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Tirmizi, S. A. I. Ajmer Through Inscriptions (1532–1852 A.D.). New Delhi, 1968.

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** Volov, Lisa. “Plaited Kufic on Samanid Epigraphic Pottery.” Ars Orientalis 6 (1966): 107–34.

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KORAN

** Abbott, Nabia. The Rise of the North Arabic Script and its Kuranic Development With a Full Description
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Arberry, A. J. “A Koran in Persian Kufic.” Oriental College Magazine 40, 3–4 (1964): 9–16.

________. The Koran Illuminated: A Handlist of the Korans in the Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, 1967.

** Berque, Jacques. “The Koranic Text: From Revelation to Compilation.” In The Book in the
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________. “Architekturbilder im Koran: eine Prachthandschrift der Umayyadenzeit aus dem

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________. “Meisterwerke islamischer Buchkunst: koranische Kalligraphie und Illuminationen

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** Burtin, J. “Mushaf.” EI2, 7:668–69.

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Déroche, François. “Les écritures coraniques anciennes, bilan et perspectives.” Revue des études
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________. “Collections de manuscrits anciens du Coran à Istanbul, rapport préliminaire.”

Études médiévales et patrimoine turc, ed. J. Sourdel-Thomine, pp. 145–65. Paris, 1983.

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Dodd, Erica. “The Image of the Word.” Berytus 17 (1969): 35–62.

** Dodd, Erica, and Shereen Khairallah. The Image of the Word: A Study of Koranic Verses in Islamic
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Ettinghausen, Richard. “A Signed and Dated Seljuq Qur’an.” Bulletin of the American Institute of
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Gacek, Adam. “Early Qur’anic Fragments.” Fontanus: from the Collections of McGill University 3
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** George, Alain Fouad. “The Geometry of the Qur’an of Amajur: A Preliminary Study of
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** Grohmann, Adolf. “The Problem of Dating Early Qur’ans.” Der Islam 33 (1985): 19–23.

James, David. Qur’ans and Bindings from the Chester Beatty Library: A Facsimile Exhibition. London,
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________. Qur’ans of the Mamluks. New York, 1988.

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________. After Timur: Qur’ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries. New York, 1992.

________. The Master Scribes: Qur’ans of the 11th to 14th Centuries. New York, 1992.

Jenkins, Marilyn. “A Vocabulary of Umayyad Ornament: New Foundations for the Study of
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Kuwait National Museum. Masahif San’a’. Kuwait, 1985.

Lamare, A. “Le mushaf de la mosquée de Cordoue.” Journal asiatique 230 (1938): 551–75.

Lings, Martin. The Quranic art of Calligraphy and Illumination. New York, 1976.

Lings, Martin, and Yasin Safadi. The Qur’an: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Qur’an Manuscripts at the
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** Ory, Solange. “Du Coran récité au Coran calligraphié.” Arabica 47, 3–4 (2000): 366–80.

Puin, Gerd-R. “Observations on Early Qur’an Manuscripts in San’a’.” In The Qur’an as Text, ed.
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** Rice, D. S. The Unique Ibn al-Bawwab Manuscript in the Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, 1955.

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** Tabbaa, Yasser. “The Transformation of Arabic Writing: Part 1, Qur'anic Calligraphy.” Ars
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Tadrus, Fawzi. Dalil ma’rid makhtutat al-Qur’an al-karim. Doha, Qatar, 1991.

The Holy Quran in Manuscript. A Selection of Fine and Rare Holy Quran Leaves and Manuscripts Exhibited by
the National Bank of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jeddah, 1991.

Whelan, Estelle. “Writing the Word of God: Some Early Qur’an Manuscripts and their
Milieu.” Ars Orientalis 20 (1990): 113–47.

** ________. “Forgotten Witness: Evidence for the Early Codification of the Qur’an.” Journal
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NUMISMATICS

Bates, Michael. “Islamic Numismatics.” Middle East Studies Bulletin 12, 2 (1978): 1–6; 12, 3
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________. “History, Geography and Numismatics in the First Century of Islamic Coinage.”
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** Bosworth, C. E., et al. “Sikka.” In EI2, 9:591–9

Broome, M. A Handbook of Muslim Coins. London, 1985.

** Grierson, P. “The Monetary Reforms of ‘Abd al-Malik.” Journal of the Economic and Social
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Lane-Poole, S. British Museum Department of Coins and Medals. Catalog of Coins in the British Museum.
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** Levey, M. “Medieval Arabic Minting of Gold and Silver Coins.” Chymia 12 (1967): 3–14.

Mayer, Leo Ary. Bibliography of Moslem Numismatics, India Excepted. London, 1954.

Miles, George C. “Mirhab and ‘Anazah: A Study in Early Islamic Iconography.” In

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Mitchener, M. The World of Islam: Oriental Coins and Their Values. London, 1977.

Nicol, N. Catalog of the Islamic Coins, Glass Weights, Dies and Medals in the Egyptian National Library.
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** Toll, C. “Minting Technique According to Arabic Literary Sources.” Orientalia Suecana 19–20
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Von Zambaur, E. Die Munzprägungen des Islams. Wiesbaden, 1968.

Walker, John. A Catalogue of Muhammadan Coins in the British Museum. Vol. 1, Arab-Sassanian Coins,
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CALLIGRAPHY, ORTHOGRAPHY, AND PALAEOGRAPHY

Abbott. Nabia. “The Contribution of Ibn Muklah to the North-Arabic Script.” American Journal
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** ________. “Arabic Palaeography.” Ars Islamica 8 (1951): 67–104.

Ahlwardt, W. Kurzes Verzeichniss der Glaser’schen Sammlung arabischen Handschriften. Berlin, 1887.

Arberry, A. J. Specimens of Arabic and Persian Palaeography. London, 1939.

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Boogert, N. van den. “Some notes on Maghribi script.” Manuscripts of the Middle East 4 (1989):
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Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. “A Maqama on Secretaryship: Al-Qalqashandi's al-Kawakib al-

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** Briquel-Chatonnet, Françoise. “De l’araméen à l’arabe: quelques reflections sur la genèse de

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** Ettinghausen, Richard. “Arabic Calligraphy: Communication or Symbolic Affirmation.” In

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** Healey, John. F. “Nabataean to Arabic: Calligraphy and Script Development Among the
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Huart, Cl. Les calligraphes et les miniaturists de l’Orient musulman. Paris, 1908.

James, David. “Islamic Calligraphy, an outline.” In Islamic Calligraphy: Sacred and Secular Writings,
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________. “The Commentaries of Ibn al-Basis and Ibn al-Wahid on Ibn al-Bawwab's 'Ode on
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Karabacek, Josef von. “Arabic Palaeography.” Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 20
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Khatibi, Abdelkabir, and Mohammed Sijilmassi. The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy. London,
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** Moritz, Bernhard. Arabic Palaeography: A Collection of Arabic Texts from the First Century of the Hidjra
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** Naef, Silvia. L’art de l’écriture arabe: passé et présent. Geneva, 1992.

Naji, Hilal. “Nusus fi al-khatt al-‘arabi.” Al-Mawrid 15, 4 (1986): 157–270.

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________. Ibn Muqlah, khattatan wa adiban wa insanan. Baghdad, 1991.

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** Sourdel-Thomine, Janine. “Les origines de l’écriture arabe: à propos d’une hypothèse

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