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Introduction: The Aesthetic Space of Interreligious Encounter: Microhistorical Case Studies from the Medieval Mediterranean
Sami Luigi de Giosa and Nikolaos Vryzidis Islamo-Christian Mediterranean Trade and Its Artistic Ramifications 1. From One Edge of the Mediterranean to the Other: Prolegomena on Mamluk and Iberian Ceramics in Venetian Crete
Maria Bormpoudaki 2. Reconsidering “Andalusi” Textiles in Two Christian Contexts: The San Isidoro and Bayonne Silks between Art Historical Myth and Reality
Ana Cabrera-Lafuente 3. Balsam Oil of Mattariyya: Mamluk Contribution to Christian Liturgy
Hani Hamza 4. Judging a Book by Its Cover: The Contribution of Islamic Bindings to the Look of the European Book
Alison Ohta Rituals and Liturgies: Objects, Meaning, and Decoration 5. Counter-propaganda and Talismanic Power: The Conciliar Edict of 1166 from Hagia Sophia to Suleiman’s Mausoleum
Faruk Bilici and Eleni Fragaki 6. Venetian Cross Fixed on aSeljuk Candleholder: Composite Mediterraneanism at Saint Paul’s Monastery, Mount Athos
Nikolaos Vryzidis and Paschalis Androudis 7. Inscribing the Christian Body in Life and Death: Tiraz Textiles with Coptic and Greek Inscriptions
Arielle Winnik Monumental Legacies 8. Stone and text: Christian Architectural Spolia in Egypt during the Mamluk Period (1250–1517)
Sami Luigi de Giosa 9. The Syncretism of Regal Images in Georgia: The Sculpted Program of the Church of Saint John the Baptist of Oshki (963–976)
Nino Simonishvili 10. The Use of Muqarnas in the Christian Buildings of Mediaeval Anatolia and Mosul
Richard McClary
About the author
Sami Luigi De Giosa is assistant professor at the College of Fine Arts and Design, University of Sharjah. His most recent publication is
The Crosses of the Sultan. He has curated exhibitions on Islamic art around the world including
Hajj: Memories of a Journey Exhibition at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
Nikolaos Vryzidis is post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His latest publications include the article "Between Three Worlds: The ‘Veneto-Saracenic’ Candleholder of Docheiariou Monastery" for which he has received the N. Drandakis Prize by the Christian Archaeological Society.
