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Metalwork and material culture in the Islamic world : art, craft and text : essays presented to James W. Allan /

Table of Contents: “…: initial remarks on Qajar copper and copper-alloy objects in the National Museums of Scotland / Ulrike al-Khamis and Katherine Eremin -- Gilding, inlay and the mobility of metallurgy : a case of fraud in medieval Kashmir / Lorenz Korn -- Persians abroad : the case of the Jami' Masjid of Gulbarga / Robert Hillenbrand -- An extraordinary Mamluk casket in the Fitzwilliam Museum / Rachel Ward -- A Mamluk tray and its journey to the V&A / Tim Stanley -- Arabic titles, well-wishes and a female saint : a Mamluk basin in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam / Luitgard Mols -- A bronze tambourine player / Doris Behrens-Abouseif -- The Fatimid bronze hoard of Tiberias / Elias Khamis -- A group of round boxes from the metal hoard found in Caesarea / Ayala Lester -- Islamic Embroideries from Egypt : shifts in taste, change in status / Ruth Barnes -- Metalwork in Damascus at the end of the Ottoman period : an analysis of the Qāmūs al-Sinā'āt al-Shāmiyya / Marcus Milwright -- A bronze pillar lampstand from Petralia Sottana, Sicily / Jeremy Johns -- The metal mounts on Andalusi ivories : initial observations / Miriam Rosser-Owen -- The marble spolia from the Badi' Palace in Marrakesh / Nadia Erzini and Stephen Vernoit -- Glaze-decorated unglazed wares / Olivia Watson -- Pearl cups like the moon : the Abbasid Reception of Chinese ceramics and the Belitung shipwreck / Jessica Hallett -- Branding 'tradition' in contemporary tin-glaze pottery from Puebla / Farzaneh Pirouz-Moussavi -- The lion, the hare and lustreware / Fahmida Suleman -- Said el Sadr (1909-86) and Fatimid lustreware : a succession / Alan Caiger-Smith -- Potter's trail : an Abu Zayd Ewer in the Saint Louis Art Musuem / Oya Pancaroğlu -- From the workshops of New Julfa to the court of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich : an initial look at Armenian networks and the mobility of visual culture / Amy S. …”
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A mythic obsession the world of Dr. Evermor / by Kupsh, Tom

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Post-ductility : metals in architecture and engineering /

“…Metals in architecture and engineering…”
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Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum / by Wohl, Birgitta, 1934-, Bussiere, Jean

Table of Contents: “…Typological classification -- Phoenico-Punic clay saucer lamps -- Greek and Hellenistic clay lamps -- Roman-period clay lamps -- Metal lamps -- Indices. Index of iconography -- Index of signatures and inscriptions -- Index of donors and vendors -- Index of place names -- Concordance of identification numbers.…”
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Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum / by Wohl, Birgitta, 1934-, Bussiere, Jean

Table of Contents: “…Typological classification -- Phoenico-Punic clay saucer lamps -- Greek and Hellenistic clay lamps -- Roman-period clay lamps -- Metal lamps -- Indices. Index of iconography -- Index of signatures and inscriptions -- Index of donors and vendors -- Index of place names -- Concordance of identification numbers.…”
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Doors : history, repair and conservation /

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Yankee modern the houses of Estes/Twombly / by Morgan, William, 1944-

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Elements of Sustainable Architecture by Urbano Gutiérrez, Rosa

Table of Contents: “…Building integrated photovoltaicsDesigning with water; Trombe water walls and roof ponds; Rainwater harvesting; Fog harvesting; Water reusing/recycling; Passive and active evaporative cooling; Material elements; Introduction to material elements; Designing with natural fibres; Wood; Bamboo; Hemp; Designing with products derived from wood; Cork; Paper; Designing with metals; Steel; Aluminium; Designing with stone materials; Stone; Concrete; Ceramics; Designing with translucent materials; Glass; ETFE; Designing with textile materials; Textile fabrics; Smart textiles; Case studies…”
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