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Mirʼāt al-quds : a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar : a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145 / by Pedro Moura Carvalho ; with a translation and annotated transcription of the text by Wheeler M. Thackston.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Arabic Original language: Arabic Series: Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture ; v. 12.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 384 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9004215743
  • 9789004215740
  • 1283356716
  • 9781283356718
  • 9786613356710
  • 6613356719
Other title:
  • Commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 232.9/0109545609032 23
LOC classification:
  • BT301.3 .C38 2012
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Father Jerome Xavier and the Third Jesuit Mission to the Mughal Court: Historical, Political, andReligious Contexts; CHAPTER ONE; A LIFE OF FATHER JEROME XAVIER; 1.1. Background and literary production; 1.2. A bio-bibliographical survey; 1.3. Early and contemporary Lives of Christ; CHAPTER TWO; THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS IN CONTEXT; 2.1. A bibliographical survey of the Mirʼāt al-quds and its reception in European literature; 2.2. Identifying the literary sources used by Father Jerome Xavier; 2.2.1. The Old Testament; 2.2.2. The New Testament.
2.2.3. The apocryphal gospels: On the lives of Mary and Jesus2.2.4. Abgar's letter; 2.2.5. Religious literature and other historical texts; 2.3. An interpretation of the Abgar episode and some further considerations; 2.3.1. Additional reflections on the Mirʼāt al-quds; 2.4. The complexities of writing about Christ for a Muslim audience; 2.4.1. Disputes and compromises: The role of Mary; 2.5. Copying the Mirʼāt al-quds; CHAPTER THREE; VISUALIZING THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS:CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, ACC. NO. 2005.145; 3.1. The miniatures of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds.
3.2. The missing miniatures and their themes3.3. Salim as the patron of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds illustrated at Allahabad (1602-4); 3.4. A brief survey of the life of Christ in Islamic painting and literature; CHAPTER FOUR; CATALOGUE OF THE CLEVELAND MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS, ACC. NO. 2005.145; 4.1. Cat. Nos. I-XXVII; 4.2. A list of the miniatures, with corresponding pages in Father Jerome's text (in the Cleveland copyof the Mirʼāt al-quds); CHAPTER FIVE; A TRANSLATION OF THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS BY W.M. THACKSTON, WITH NOTES BY P. MOURA CARVALHO; 5.1. Translator's Preface; 5.2. Preamble.
5.3. Part One: Christ's childhood5.4. Part Two: His miracles and teachings; 5.5. Part Three: His trials, tribulations, and death; 5.6. Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven; CHAPTER SIX; AN ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDSBY W.M. THACKSTON; 6.1. Preamble; 6.2. Part One: Christ's childhood; 6.3. Part Two: His miracles and teachings; 6.4. Part Three: His trials, tribulations, and death; 6.5. Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven; APPENDIX I; Some Technical Aspects of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds; APPENDIX II.
Order of Folios in the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds, by W.M. ThackstonBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Summary: Akbar's commission of a Life of Christ from the Jesuit Jerome Xavier resulted in a fascinating text (1602) in which the author's concern not to antagonize his Muslim hosts is apparent. The 27 miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that often do not find parallels in a European context.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in English and Arabic.

Preface and Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Father Jerome Xavier and the Third Jesuit Mission to the Mughal Court: Historical, Political, andReligious Contexts; CHAPTER ONE; A LIFE OF FATHER JEROME XAVIER; 1.1. Background and literary production; 1.2. A bio-bibliographical survey; 1.3. Early and contemporary Lives of Christ; CHAPTER TWO; THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS IN CONTEXT; 2.1. A bibliographical survey of the Mirʼāt al-quds and its reception in European literature; 2.2. Identifying the literary sources used by Father Jerome Xavier; 2.2.1. The Old Testament; 2.2.2. The New Testament.

2.2.3. The apocryphal gospels: On the lives of Mary and Jesus2.2.4. Abgar's letter; 2.2.5. Religious literature and other historical texts; 2.3. An interpretation of the Abgar episode and some further considerations; 2.3.1. Additional reflections on the Mirʼāt al-quds; 2.4. The complexities of writing about Christ for a Muslim audience; 2.4.1. Disputes and compromises: The role of Mary; 2.5. Copying the Mirʼāt al-quds; CHAPTER THREE; VISUALIZING THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS:CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, ACC. NO. 2005.145; 3.1. The miniatures of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds.

3.2. The missing miniatures and their themes3.3. Salim as the patron of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds illustrated at Allahabad (1602-4); 3.4. A brief survey of the life of Christ in Islamic painting and literature; CHAPTER FOUR; CATALOGUE OF THE CLEVELAND MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS, ACC. NO. 2005.145; 4.1. Cat. Nos. I-XXVII; 4.2. A list of the miniatures, with corresponding pages in Father Jerome's text (in the Cleveland copyof the Mirʼāt al-quds); CHAPTER FIVE; A TRANSLATION OF THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDS BY W.M. THACKSTON, WITH NOTES BY P. MOURA CARVALHO; 5.1. Translator's Preface; 5.2. Preamble.

5.3. Part One: Christ's childhood5.4. Part Two: His miracles and teachings; 5.5. Part Three: His trials, tribulations, and death; 5.6. Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven; CHAPTER SIX; AN ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MIRʼĀT AL-QUDSBY W.M. THACKSTON; 6.1. Preamble; 6.2. Part One: Christ's childhood; 6.3. Part Two: His miracles and teachings; 6.4. Part Three: His trials, tribulations, and death; 6.5. Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven; APPENDIX I; Some Technical Aspects of the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds; APPENDIX II.

Order of Folios in the Cleveland Mirʼāt al-quds, by W.M. ThackstonBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

Akbar's commission of a Life of Christ from the Jesuit Jerome Xavier resulted in a fascinating text (1602) in which the author's concern not to antagonize his Muslim hosts is apparent. The 27 miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that often do not find parallels in a European context.