Table of contents : Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements General Editor's Preface Introduction 1 Notes on Arabic Archeology 2 The Genesis of Islamic Art and the Problem of Mshattā 3 'Abbasid Lustrewares 4 The Lawfulness of Painting in Early Islam 5 The Mosque and the Palace 6 Miḥrāb and 'Anazah: A Study in Islamic Iconography 7 The Greek Sources of Islamic Scientific Illustrations 8 Deacon or Drink: Some Paintings from Samarra Re-examined 9 The Umayyad Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem 10 Zandanījī Identified? 11 The Throne and Banquet Hall of Khirbat al-Mafjar 12 La Dolce Vita in Early Islamic Syria: The Evidence of Later Umayyad Palaces 13 The Origins of the Miḥrāb Mujawwaf: A Reinterpretation 14 Al-Ma'mun's Blue Koran? Index