Constructing the Image of Muhammad in Europe /

The volume represents a significant contribution to the complex history of the conceptualization and pictorialization of the Prophet Muhammad in the West. It gives a rapid and though deep overview of the history of the making of an image of the Prophet Muhammad in Europe and thus reflects the whole...

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Main Authors: Di Cesare, Michelina (Author), Coffey, Heather (Author), Saviello, Alberto (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Avinoam Shalem
  • The prophet of the book : images of Muhammad in western medieval book culture / Michelina Di Cesare
  • Encountering the body of Muhammad : intersections between miʻraj narratives, the Shaqq al-sadr, and the Divine commedia in the age before print / Heather Coffey
  • Muhammad's multiple faces : printed images of the Prophet in Western Europe / Alberto Saviello
  • Conclusion / Avinoam Shalem
  • Selected bibliography