{"product_id":"the-monumental-inscriptions-from-early-sheila-blair-9789004259577","title":"The Monumental Inscriptions from Early Islamic Iran and Transoxiana","description":"Inscriptions on buildings are a distinctive feature of Islamic architecture, and this book studies the 79 surviving monumental inscriptions in the Iranian world from the first five centuries of the Muslim era (A.D. 622-1106), the period in which all the major trends of monumental epigraphy in the area were set. These foundation, commemorative, and funerary texts come from the region between Iraq and Soviet Central Asia. Written primarily in Arabic, they embellished architectural monuments and furnishings whose nature implies the construction of major buildings. An extended introduction discusses such general topics as titulature, patronage, and stylistic development. Each text is then presented individually with photographs, drawings, transcriptions, translations and an extensive commentary, which presents the inscription in its larger palaeographic and historical contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Blair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004259570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004259577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.63h x 8.27w x 0.68d","brand":"Sheila Blair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460002001151,"sku":"9789004259577","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17efb382-a433-4e0c-8d2b-bc63c629250a.jpg?v=1777412896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-monumental-inscriptions-from-early-sheila-blair-9789004259577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}