Author: Pedro Moura Carvalho
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004215743
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Emperor Akbar’s exceptional interest in Christianity is reflected in many ways. Among these was his commissioning in 1602 of a Life of Christ from his guest, the Jesuit priest Jerome Xavier, thus marking a singular moment in the relations between one of the greatest Muslim rulers and Catholicism. This fascinating text—translated into English for the first time—draws mostly on Biblical and apocryphal sources, but also reveals that in order not to antagonize his Muslim hosts, Father Jerome occasionally made concessions in his work. Of the three illustrated copies, the one used in this study and now in the Cleveland Museum of Art is the most important. Its twenty-seven high-quality miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that often do not find parallels in a European context.
Mirʾāt al-quds (Mirror of Holiness): A Life of Christ for Emperor Akbar
Author: Pedro Moura Carvalho
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004215743
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Emperor Akbar’s exceptional interest in Christianity is reflected in many ways. Among these was his commissioning in 1602 of a Life of Christ from his guest, the Jesuit priest Jerome Xavier, thus marking a singular moment in the relations between one of the greatest Muslim rulers and Catholicism. This fascinating text—translated into English for the first time—draws mostly on Biblical and apocryphal sources, but also reveals that in order not to antagonize his Muslim hosts, Father Jerome occasionally made concessions in his work. Of the three illustrated copies, the one used in this study and now in the Cleveland Museum of Art is the most important. Its twenty-seven high-quality miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that often do not find parallels in a European context.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004215743
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Emperor Akbar’s exceptional interest in Christianity is reflected in many ways. Among these was his commissioning in 1602 of a Life of Christ from his guest, the Jesuit priest Jerome Xavier, thus marking a singular moment in the relations between one of the greatest Muslim rulers and Catholicism. This fascinating text—translated into English for the first time—draws mostly on Biblical and apocryphal sources, but also reveals that in order not to antagonize his Muslim hosts, Father Jerome occasionally made concessions in his work. Of the three illustrated copies, the one used in this study and now in the Cleveland Museum of Art is the most important. Its twenty-seven high-quality miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that often do not find parallels in a European context.
Mir'at Al-quds (Mirror of Holiness)
Author: Pedro Moura Carvalho
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Mirʼāt Al-quds, Mirror of Holiness)
Author: Pedro Moura Carvalho
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789004211490
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Languages : en
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ISBN: 9789004211490
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Akbar and the Jesuits
Author: Pierre Du Jarric
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134285086
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Reproducing, or summarizing the most valuable of the missionaries' letters written prior to 1610, this volume makes available the illegible and scattered primary sources on the reign of the Emperor Akbar.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134285086
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Reproducing, or summarizing the most valuable of the missionaries' letters written prior to 1610, this volume makes available the illegible and scattered primary sources on the reign of the Emperor Akbar.