Mirʾāt al-quds (Mirror of Holiness): A Life of Christ for Emperor Akbar ：A Commentary on Father Jerome Xavier’s Text and the Miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. No. 2005.145 ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：A Commentary on Father Jerome Xavier’s Text and the Miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. No. 2005.145

Publication series ：1

Author： Carvalho   Pedro Moura;Thackston   Wheeler M.  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2011

E-ISBN: 9789004215740

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004211490

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004211490

Subject： B9 Religion;C912.4 cultural anthropology, social anthropology

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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Akbar’s commission of a Life of Christ from the Jesuit Jerome Xavier resulted in a fascinating text (1602) in which the author’s concern not to antagonize his Muslim hosts is apparent. The 27 miniatures were inspired by the text itself, resulting in unique interpretations of episodes that often do not find parallels in a European context.

Chapter

Preface and Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

Father Jerome Xavier and the Third Jesuit Mission to the Mughal Court: Historical, Political, andReligious Contexts

CHAPTER ONE

A LIFE OF FATHER JEROME XAVIER

1.1. Background and literary production

1.2. A bio-bibliographical survey

1.3. Early and contemporary Lives of Christ

CHAPTER TWO

THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS IN CONTEXT

2.1. A bibliographical survey of the Mirʾāt al‑quds and its reception in European literature

2.2. Identifying the literary sources used by Father Jerome Xavier

2.2.1. The Old Testament

2.2.2. The New Testament

2.2.3. The apocryphal gospels: On the lives of Mary and Jesus

2.2.4. Abgar’s letter

2.2.5. Religious literature and other historical texts

2.3. An interpretation of the Abgar episode and some further considerations

2.3.1. Additional reflections on the Mirʾāt al‑quds

2.4. The complexities of writing about Christ for a Muslim audience

2.4.1. Disputes and compromises: The role of Mary

2.5. Copying the Mirʾāt al‑quds

CHAPTER THREE

VISUALIZING THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS:CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, ACC. NO. 2005.145

3.1. The miniatures of the Cleveland Mirʾāt al‑quds

3.2. The missing miniatures and their themes

3.3. Salim as the patron of the Cleveland Mirʾāt al‑quds illustrated at Allahabad (1602–4)

3.4. A brief survey of the life of Christ in Islamic painting and literature

CHAPTER FOUR

CATALOGUE OF THE CLEVELAND MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS, ACC. NO. 2005.145

4.1. Cat. Nos. I–XXVII

4.2. A list of the miniatures, with corresponding pages in Father Jerome’s text (in the Cleveland copyof the Mirʾāt al‑quds)

CHAPTER FIVE

A TRANSLATION OF THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDS BY W. M. THACKSTON,WITH NOTES BY P. MOURA CARVALHO

5.1. Translator’s Preface

5.2. Preamble

5.3. Part One: Christ’s childhood

5.4. Part Two: His miracles and teachings

5.5. Part Three: His trials, tribulations, and death

5.6. Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven

CHAPTER SIX

AN ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MIRʾĀT AL-QUDSBY W. M. THACKSTON

6.1. Preamble

6.2. Part One: Christ’s childhood

6.3. Part Two: His miracles and teachings

6.4. Part Three: His trials, tribulations, and death

6.5. Part Four: His Resurrection from the grave and Ascension into Heaven

APPENDIX I

Some Technical Aspects of the Cleveland Mirʾāt al-quds

APPENDIX II

Order of Folios in the Cleveland Mirʾāt al-quds, by W. M. Thackston

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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