title: The Image of the Madrasah in Illustrations of Medieval Arabic Manuscripts
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metadata.value: Starodub, Tatiana Kh.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-11-02T15:22:16Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-11-02T15:22:16Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.value: Starodub, Tatiana. “The Image of the Madrasah in Illustrations of Medieval Arabic Manuscripts”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts 11, no. 2 (2021): 243–262.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2021.205
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33406
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article considers the visual image of the Madrasah in miniatures of Arabic manuscripts
  of the 13th century as both scientific and theological treatises, and literary works. Illustrated
  Arabic manuscripts are relatively rare, but they exist, and constitute one of the most
  fascinating, but little-studied pages in the history of the spiritual and artistic culture of the
  Arab Middle Ages. Amongst the hard-to-solve riddles there are some colorful pictures in
  the frontispiece design or in the text of a manuscript, which can raise the question: what is
  depicted here? The inscriptions on the margins of a page or inside the miniatures, added as
  explanations by the later owners, do not always provide the correct answer, since from one
  era to another the concepts and representations change significantly. In the life of Medieval
  Muslim society, the Arabic word “madrasah” could mean both a general education school
  and a theological university, where scientists study the works of their predecessors, conduct
  scientific research, make new discoveries, and defend their theories. In all cases, madrasahs
  remain religious institutions and buildings, second in importance after the Mosque.
  However, unlike a Mosque, with a niche of a mihrab or a ladder of a minbar, the image of
  a Madrasah is difficult to distinguish from buildings such as a dwelling house, a caravanserai,
  a Sufi abode or a courtroom. In miniatures of medieval Arabic manuscripts, the image
  of a Madrasah can also arise by association with portrayals of sages and their listeners,
  scientists and their students, authors who write their works, or scribes who rewrite them.
  The architectural image of the Madrasah can be created both by a detailed illustration of its interior, and by the conditional “architectural” decoration of a scene of a lesson at school or
  meeting of scientists.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 11; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: madrasah
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: school
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: theological university
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sages
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: philosophers
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Arabic manuscripts
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: illustrations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: book miniatures
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: images
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: antiquity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Arab Middle Ages
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Image of the Madrasah in Illustrations of Medieval Arabic Manuscripts
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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