Glazed Ceramics of the Islamic World 7001600 Ce

Of all the material culture of the Islamic World prior to the sixteenth century, only ceramics survive in a way which forms a continuous representative visual history. As such, ceramics provide a unique collection of material from which to study the history of technology.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Technological Innovations; 3. Eastern Mediterranean and Southern Mesopotamia; 4. Egypt and Syria; 5. Iran and the Greater Iran; 6. Anatolia; 7. The Introduction of Islamic Ceramic Technology into Christian Europe; 8. Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Moujan Matin, Moujan (University of Toronto) Tite Matin, Michael Tite
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009582902
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0958290-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Archaeological Perspectives on Materials and Technologies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Islam, Ceramic arts, pottery, glass, Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, History of engineering and technology, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of engineering & technology, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts, 10th century, c 900 to c 999, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks, 9th century, c 800 to c 899, 8th century, c 700 to c 799