Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae (CIAP).: A. Volume oneWestern Palestine is extremely rich in Arabic inscriptions, whose dates range from as early as CE 150 until modern times. Most of the inscriptions date from the Islamic period, for under Islam the country gained particular religious and strategic importance, even though it made up only part of the larger province of Syria.This historical importance is clearly reflected in the hundreds of inscriptions, the texts of which cover a variety of topics: construction, dedication, religious endowments, epitaphs, Qur'anic texts, prayers and invocations, all now assembled in the Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae (CIAP).The CIAP follows the method established at the end of last century by Max van Berchem, namely, the studying of the Arabic inscriptions 'in context'. Van Berchem managed to publish two volumes of the inscriptions from Jerusalem: the CIAP covers the entire country. The inscriptions are arranged according to site, and are studied in their respective topographical, historical and cultural context. In this way the CIAP offers more than a survey of inscriptions: it represents the epigraphical angle of the geographical history of the Holy Land. |
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19th century Abd al-Malik Abdallah Abu al-Fida Acre ad-Din Ahmad Akko al-Mahdi Allah amir ancient angular script Aqabah Arabic Arabic inscription Arsuf Ashqelon Avdat Aylah Badr Baha Baha’i Baladhuri Basmalah Berchem blessed building built buried Cairo Caliph cemetery Clermont-Ganneau Construction text courtyard Crusaders decorated difficult dome Egypt Egyptian engraved Epitaph excavations Fatimid field find first five fixed fortifications fortress gate Guérin Hebrew hemistich holy Husayn’s head ibid Ibrahim Imam incised Islamic Jabal Jazzar’s Jerusalem Khan letters lines Mamluk Maqrizi mashhad mercy mihrab minbar monumental mosque Muhammad Mujir Muqaddasi Muslim Nabulus naskhi Negev nisbah office official Ottoman naskhi Palestine Pasha Prawer Prophet qadi Qalqashandi Qur’anic Qur’anic verse Ramlah RCEA reading relief Saladin sanctuary Sharon Shaykh shields slab of marble Sultan Syria throne verse tion titles tomb tower Umayyad village vizier vowels Fig wall waqf word Yaqut Zahir
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| Title | Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae (CIAP).: A. Volume one Volume 1 of Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, Volumes 30-31 of Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East, v. 30 Handbuch der Orientalistik. 30. Bd Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten, 30. Bd |
| Author | Moše Šārôn |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | BRILL, 1997 |
| ISBN | 9004108335, 9789004108332 |
| Length | 220 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Interior Design / General Foreign Language Study / Arabic Social Science / Islamic Studies |
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