This is the first publication in almost three decades to be dedicated to Mamluk art. The fifteen authors in this book explore the architecture and decorative arts of Egypt and Syria under Mamluk rule between the 13th and 16th century. They discuss the evolution of specific crafts regarding their dating and provenance, the patterns of their patronage and the interaction of Mamluk art with other regions of the Muslim world and beyond. Their new research based on fieldwork, archaeology, archive sources and museum collections presents a focused view on certain subjects while also conveying a panoramic perspective of Mamluk artistic approaches and concepts.

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Stephan Conermann (Prof. Dr.) ist Professor für Islamwissenschaft an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn. Zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten zählen Transformationsprozesse in islamischen Gesellschaften, narrative Strategien in vormodernen Texten muslimischer Autoren, der Islam in Indien bis zur Neuzeit, Kultur und Geschichte der Mamlukenzeit und die deutsche Orientalistik im Spannungsfeld kulturwissenschaftlicher Methodenvielfalt.