Description:
Explores the aesthetic dimensions, cultural significance and ideological power of Maghribī manuscripts
Brief description: Umberto Bongianino is Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Art and Architecture at the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford. He has published chapters in several edited collections, and articles in Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, Journal of Transcultural Medieval Studies and Journal of Islamic Archaeology.
Review Quotes: Umberto Bongianino offers a systematic, in-depth and illuminating study of the origins and development of the characteristic Maghribi round scripts of the Islamic West (North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula). By combining material and literary evidence, he also vastly enriches our knowledge of the manuscript production in the region. The style is clear and engaging, so that non-specialists can follow the technical arguments, without forgoing depth and detail. This seminal book cannot be missed by anyone interested in the cultural history of Islamicate societies.--Dr. Maribel Fierro, Spanish National Research Council