Arabic and Persian seals and amulets in the British Museum
| 1. Verfasser: |
Porter, Venetia
, [VerfasserIn]
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Bhandare, Shailendra
, [MitwirkendeR]
Hoyland, Robert G., 1966- , [MitwirkendeR] Morton, A. H. , [MitwirkendeR] Ambers, J. , [MitwirkendeR] |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London :
British Museum,
2011.
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| Umfang/Format: |
viii, 202 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Research publication (British Museum)
no. 160 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Arabic and Persian seals and amulets in the British Museum / |c Venetia Porter ; with special assistance from Robert Hoyland and Alexander Morton ; with contributions from Shailendra Bhandare, and scientific analysis by Janet Ambers [and others]. |
| 264 | 1 | |a London : |b British Museum, |c 2011. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2011, ©2017. | |
| 300 | |a viii, 202 pages : |b illustrations (chiefly color) ; |c 30 cm. | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a British Museum Research Publication ; |v no. 160 | |
| 500 | |a First published 2011. Second printing with corrections 2017. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194). | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Seal practice in the Islamic world -- |t Terminology -- |t Byzantine practice and influence -- |t Islam: the Prophet's seal -- |t The diwan al-khatim: the 'office of the seal' and the Sasanian legacy -- |t Sasanian royal seals -- |t The relationship between Sasanian and early Islamic seals -- |t Seals of the caliphs as described by medieval authors -- |t Early Islamic lead and bronze seals: form and function -- |t The study of lead seals -- |t The terms 'kura' and 'iqlim' -- |t Seals on Arabic papyri and clay discs -- |t Clay tokens or receipts -- |t Personal seals: literary references -- |t Figural representation on early seals -- |t From the tenth century: the 'alama and ink seals -- |t The Safavid period: seal impressions, royal and personal seals -- |t Indo-Muslim seals of the seventeenth-nineteenth centuries -- |t Features of Indo-Muslim seals -- |t Seal practice under the Ottomans -- |t Forgery -- |t Seal engravers -- |t Parallels between coins and seals -- |t Seals and amulets from archaeological sites -- |t Style and content of the early seals -- |t Definition of scripts -- |t Epigraphy and dating -- |t Grammatical and orthographic features -- |t Rhyming assonantal inscriptions and parallels with coins -- |t Ornamentation -- |t Shapes and mounts -- |t Names -- |t Phrases -- |t Later seals -- |t Provenance -- |t Dates on seals -- |t Scope and arrangement of the catalogue -- |t Arabic -- |t Recording the inscription -- |t Trransliteration -- |t Qur'an and Hadith references -- |t The British Museum collection -- |g Table 1 |t Epigraphic Styles on Seals -- |g Table 2 |t Ornamentation -- |g Table 3 |t Shapes and Mounts -- |g 1. |t Clay, bronze and lead sealings c. eighth-tenth centuries -- |t Clay sealings -- |t Bronze sealing -- |t Lead sealings from Syria, Palestine and North Africa -- |t Eastern Islamic world: Abbasid and Buyid sealings -- |t Dulafid sealings -- |g 2. |t Names -- |g 3. |t Names and phrases -- |t al-i'tisam billah ('seeking refuge in God') -- |t al-thiqa billah ('trust in God') -- |t al-tawakkul 'ala Allah ('reliance on God') -- |t dhikr al-mawt ('remembrance of death') -- |t lillah/billah ('by' or 'for God') -- |t shukr lillah ('thanks to God') -- |t waliAllah ('the friend of God') -- |t The basmala and the shahada -- |t al-'izzatu lillah ('glory to God') and various phrases -- |g 4. |t Phrases -- |t Verses from the Qur'an -- |t Allah rabbi, Allah nasihi ('Cod is my Lord and my counsel') -- |t Phrases from the root amana and sabara -- |t The basmala ('in the name of God') -- |t billah/lillah ('by, through, or unto God') and other phrases -- |t tub na lillah ('we have repented to God') or sha'a Allah ('God wills') -- |t ta'ala Allah ('God is exalted' or 'God is ever almighty') -- |t tawakkul tukfa ('rely [on God]'; 'trust or confidence [in God] will suffice you') -- |t al-hamdu lillah ('Praise be to God') -- |t hasbi Allah ('God is sufficient for me') -- |t al-haya' min al-iman ('modesty is [a part of] faith') -- |t al-hukm lillah ('judgement belongs to God') -- |t li kull ajal kitab ('for each period a book is revealed') -- |t la ilaha illa Allah ('there is no god but God') -- |t masha'a Allah ('as God wills', and associated phrases) -- |t ma tawfiqi illa billah ('and my success can only come from God') -- |t man l'tasam billah ('whoever holds firmly to God') -- |t man katama sirrahu ('he who keeps his secret') -- |t al-mawt ('death') -- |t al-mulk lillah ('sovereignty belongs to God') -- |t nawal allah ('gift from God') -- |t subhan Allah ('glory to God') -- |t al-sabr ('patience') -- |t al-'izz/al-'izza lillah ('glory / honour / might / power belongs to God') -- |t 'inayat al-irada ('watchfulness of God's will') -- |t al-wafa ('loyalty') -- |t al-jalal lillah ('glory belongs to God') -- |t Single words -- |t ihfaz ('guard or preserve') -- |t al-'ala or al-'ali ('nobility 'or 'the most high') -- |t Phrases with makkana ('establish, enable, give strength') -- |t Various phrases and supplications (du'a') -- |t Muhammad and 'All -- |t The Twelve Imams -- |t St George and the dragon -- |t Poetic texts -- |t Uncertain phrases -- |g 5. |t Re-engraved seals and seals with Arabic inscriptions on both sides -- |t Re-engraved ancient seals -- |t Seals with Arabic inscriptions engraved on both sides -- |g 6. |t Seals c. fourteenth century and later -- |t Seals with personal names and benedictory inscriptions or names of the Fourteen Immacutates -- |t Seals with names alone -- |t Seals inscribed in Persian -- |g 7. |t Dated seals -- |t Stone dated seals -- |t Stone seals with only two or three numerals -- |t Brass dated seals -- |t Brass seals with only two or three numerals -- |g 8. |t Indo-Muslim and miscellaneous seals -- |g A. |t Servants of the court and the Emperor -- |t Seals of officials (the phrase banda-i dargah + regnal year or regnal yearon its own) -- |t Name and regnal year only -- |g B. |t Dated seals, officials or private individuals arranged chronologically -- |t Hijra and AD dates -- |t Three numerals only -- |t Vikram Samvat era -- |t Undated seals -- |g C. |t Forgeries of royal seals -- |g D. |t Seals made for Europeans and officials serving in India -- |g E. |t Miscellaneous seals: foreign residents of Iran -- |g 9. |t Amulets: Introduction -- |t Positive and negative amulets -- |t Amulets and the place of magic in Islam -- |t The relationship between amulet maker and client -- |t Magicalliterature -- |t Inscriptions on amulets -- |t The importance of the Qur'an on amulets -- |t The 'Names of God' -- |t Arrangement of this part of the catalogue -- |g Table 4 |t The Abjad System -- |g Table 5 |t The Names of God -- |g Table 6 |t The Fourteen Immaculates -- |g 9. |t Catalogue of Amulets -- |t 'Names of God' -- |t The basmala and the shahada -- |t Verses from the Qur'an -- |t Short passages from the Qur'an -- |t The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus -- |t a'udhu bi-jalal Allah ('I seek protection in the glory of God' etc.) -- |t Supplications to God -- |t God, the Prophet Muhammad and his family, and the Twelve Imams -- |t The Fourteen Immaculates -- |t A group of gold amulets -- |t Three cameo glass amulets -- |t Dated amulets -- |t Letters, symbols, numbers, strange words, magic squares and the abjad system -- |t Magical squares -- |t The 'mysterious' letters of the Qur'an -- |t The seven magical signs -- |t The angels -- |t Amulets with engraving errors: authentic or not? -- |t Brass amulets inscribed in negative -- |t Spinning rings -- |t Talismanic discs and the 'lunette script' -- |t Magical words, mixed numbers and letters -- |t 'Linear Kuflc' -- |t Rock crystal seals inscribed in 'linear Kufic' -- |t Lions and scorpions -- |t Identification of the Materials of the Seals and Amulets / |r Janet Ambers -- |t Introduction -- |t Methodology -- |t Materials -- |t Bibliography -- |t Methods of Engraving / |r Nigel Meeks -- |t Introduction and methods of examination -- |t Observations and Interpretations -- |t Concluding remarks -- |t Bibliography -- |t Bibliography -- |t Online references -- |t Concordances -- |t Concordance of catalogue numbers and British Museum registration numbers: seals -- |t Concordance of catalogue numbers and British Museum registration numbers: amulets -- |t Concordance of British Museum registration numbers with catalogue numbers. |
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