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Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus , the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. The editors have surveyed and, in many cases, annotated a wide range of books and articles from collected volumes and journals published in all European languages (except Turkish) between 1906 and 2011. The editors have ensured that material from a wide range of scholarly traditions and approaches has been consulted in order to make this comprehensive bibliography an indispensable tool for everyone involved in the study of material culture in Muslim societies.

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Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
How to Use the Bibliography

Volume 1, Art

ISLAMIC ART & ARCHITECTURE: GENERAL & REFERENCE WORKS
Surveys; discussion of origins; comparative traditions; issues treated generally; aesthetics
Art & religion; legality of art; attitudes to figurative imagery
Ornament, patterns, geometry, arabesques
Iconography, figurative motifs (peacocks, dragons, floral, etc), symbolism
Modern scholars; modern studies & research materials; bibliographies; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, archives, etc. (for specific medium see relevant section)

MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES & GALLERIES; COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS; EXHIBITIONS;
AUCTIONS; FOUNDATIONS & INSTITUTIONS
Islamic countries: museums, galleries,etc
Outside the Islamic world: museums, galleries, collectors, collections, exhibitions, auctions, foundations & institutions

LOCAL, REGIONAL & NATIONAL ARTISTIC PRODUCTION (by peoples or dynasties); FINDS FROM EXCAVATION SITES (several media); CRAFTS & FOLK ARTS IN GENERAL
General
Eastern Islamic world
General; more than one area; by dynasty
Afghanistan
Caucasus, Crimean Khanate & Volga
Central Asia (including Xinjiang)
Iran
South Asia
Central Islamic world
General; more than one area; by dynasty
Arabian peninsula
Egypt & Sudan
Iraq
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine & Jordan
Turkey & Ottoman Europe; Balkan Muslim nations (Albania, Bosnia & Kosova)
Western Islamic world
General; more than one area; by dynasty
Maghrib (general, including Mauritania)
Sicily, Italy, & Malta
Spain & Portugal
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa, incl. Horn of Africa
West Africa
Africa in general; other individual African countries
East & Southeast Asia
Malay world in general
Indonesia
Malaysia
Other areas
Muslim traditions continued outside the Muslim world
Americas

MANUSCRIPT DECORATION: MORE THAN ONE MEDIUM
General (including materials, eg paper & pigments); more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia

CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION; EPIGRAPHY (for architectural decoration see Volume 2)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia

MINIATURE PAINTING & DRAWING
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Iran - Central Asia; General; up to c1500
Iran - Central Asia; post c1500
South Asia; general; up to Mughal period
South Asia; Mughal period to Partition
Central Islamic world
General; up to Ottoman period
Ottoman period onwards
Western Islamic world

PRINTS; PRINTED BOOK DECORATION

PAPER MARBLING (including modern) BOOKBINDING

PRE-MODERN PAINTING & GRAPHIC ARTS (pre-c1900)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
East & Southeast Asia

LACQUER & PAPIER-M¶CHÉ

ENAMEL

CARPETS & RUGS, FLATWEAVES
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia

TEXTILES
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia

COSTUME & EMBROIDERY
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
Modern dress & fashion design

JEWELLERY
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia

GEMSTONES & HARDSTONES
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa

ARMS & ARMOUR
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
East & Southeast Asia

METALWORK
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
General; up to c1500
Post c1500
Central Islamic world
General; up to

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