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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Abd al-Malik Abdallah Abū Acre ad-Din Aḥmad Akko Akko Akka al-Mahdi Allah amir ancient Aqabah Aqabah Aylah Arabic inscriptions Ashqelon Aviv Jaffa az-Zafir Badr Baha Baha'i Basmalah Berchem Bethshean blessed building built buried Burj Cairo Caliph cemetery Construction text courtyard Crusaders decorated Egypt Egyptian Eilat El'ad engraved Epitaph Fatimid fortifications fortress gate Guérin Haifa Hebrew Hebron al-Khalil hemistich holy ibid Ibrāhīm incised Islamic Jerusalem Khān letters lines Mamluk Maqrīzi mashhad monumental mosque Muḥammad Muslim Nabulus naskhi NEGEV nisbah Ottoman naskhi Palestine Pasha Qalqashandi Qur'an Qur'ānic Rafah Ramlah RCEA reading relief Saladin sanctuary script SEA OF GALILEE Shaykh shields Sidon GALILEE SINAI Eilat slab of marble Sultan Syria Tabariyyah Nazareth Bethshean tion titles tomb tower town Umayyad verse village vizier vowels Fig wall word Yaqut إلى الله الله الرحمن الرحيم المؤمنين بسم الله الرحمن بن سنة عبد على علي عليه لا له محمد هو