Cover illustration: The Great ʿUmari Mosque in Beirut (1996), before renovation. Photo by Marcus Milwright.
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Names: Baboula, Evanthia, 1968– editor. | Jessop, Lesley, 1950– editor. | Dodd, Erica Cruikshank, honouree.
Title: Art and material culture in the Byzantine and Islamic worlds : studies in honour of Erica Cruikshank Dodd / edited by Evanthia Baboula, Lesley Jessop.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: [Mediterranean art histories], 2213–3399 ; [volume 4] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021002168 (print) | LCCN 2021002169 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004457133 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004457140 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Art, Byzantine. | Islamic art. | Art and society—Byzantine Empire. | Art and society—Islamic countries.
Classification: LCC N6250 .A673 2021 (print) | LCC N6250 (ebook) | DDC 709.02/14—dc23
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