Lisa Golombek – PUBLICATIONS (updated 2019)

A. Scholarly

a) Books

1969 The Timurid Shrine at Gazur Gah. Occasional Paper No.15, ROM, Toronto (Russian translation, Tashkent). Review: J.M. Rogers, Kunst des Orients 7/2 (1970-71), pp. 175-182.

1988 and Donald Wilber, The Timurid Architecture of Iran and Turan. 2 vols., 495pp text, 283pp. ill., Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. (Persian translation, Tehran, 1996).

1992 and Maria Subtelny, eds., Timurid Art and Culture: Iran and Central Asia in the Fifteenth Century (selected papers from Symposium: "Steppe Societies in Transition: Iran in the 15th Century", Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, 1989), supp. to Muqarnas, 6 (Leiden: E.J.Brill).

1996 and Robert B. Mason and Gauvin A.Bailey, Tamerlane's Tableware: A New Approach to the Chinoiserie Ceramics of Fifteenth-sixteenth Century Iran. Costa Mesa, Calif.: Royal Ontario Museum and Mazda Press. 256 pp.

2014 and Robert B. Mason, Patricia Proctor, Eileen Reilly, Persian Pottery in the First Global Age: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Leiden and Toronto, Brill and the Royal Ontario Museum.

b) Articles

(All refereed by respective editors or their consultants)

1966 "Plaited Kufic on Samanid Epigraphic Pottery", Ars Orientalis, Vol.6, pp.107-133 1966 "Madrasah-i Du Dar", Nashriyyah-'i Farhang-i Khurasan, no.5, series 6, pp.15-18

1969 "A Thirteenth Century Funerary Mosque at Turbat- i Shaykh Jam", Bulletin of the Asia Institute, Vol.1, pp.13-26

1969 "Abbasid Mosque at Balkh", Oriental Art, 15 (1969), pp.173-189

1971 "The Chronology of Turbat-i Shaikh Jam", Iran, Vol.9, pp.27-44

1972 "Toward a Classification of Islamic Painting", Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ed., Ettinghausen, Richard, New York, pp.23-24

1973 "The Cult of the Saints and Shrine Architecture in the Fourteenth Century", ed., Kouymjian, D.K., Near Eastern Numismatics, Iconography, Epigraphy & History: Studies in Honor of George C. Miles, Beirut, 1973, pp.419-430 1973 Articles on Mongol, Timurid and Safavid Architecture in Sourdel-Thomine, eds., J. and B. Spuler, Die Kunst des Islam, Popylaen Kunstgeschichte, Vol. IV, Berlin, 1973, 25pp.

1974 "Urban Patterns in pre-Safavid Isfahan", Iranian Studies, VII (1974), pp.18-44

1975 Review article, Ardalan and Bakhtiayar, "The Sense of Unity: the Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture", Iranian Studies, VIII (1975), pp.87-98

1977 "Tiraz Fabrics in the Royal Ontario Museum", Studies in Textile History: in Memory of Harold Burnham, Toronto, 1977, pp.82-125, (in collaboration with Veronika Gervers)

1977 "Mazar-i Sharif - a Case of Mistaken Identity?", ed., M. Rosen-Ayalon), G. Wiet Festschrift, Jerusalem, 1977, pp.335-343

1979 "Preliminary Report of the Isfahan City Project", Akten des VII. Internationalen Kongresses fur Iranische Kunst und Archaeologie, Munchen (7.-10. Sept. 1976), Archaologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, Erg. 6 (1979), pp.578-590, (in collaboration with Renata Holod)

1981 "From Tamerlane to the Taj Mahal", ed., Abbas Daneshvari, Essays in Islamic Art and Architecture: in honor of Katharina Otto-Dorn, Malibu, California, pp.43-50

1981 "Some Representations of Architecture in the Istanbul Albums", Islamic Art I, pp.130-135

1983 "The Resilience of the Friday Mosque: the Case of Herat", Muqarnas I, pp.95-102

1985 Man'kovskaia, L. Iu.; Translated, L. Golombek, "Towards the study of Forms in Central Asian Architecture at the end of the Fourteenth Century: The Mausoleum of Khvaja Ahmad Yasavi", Iran, Vol.XXIII, pp.109-127

1987 "Golden Garlands of the Timurid Epoch", Brosh, N., ed., Jewellery and Goldsmithing in the Islamic World, International Symposium, June, 1987,Israel Museum, Jerusalem, pp.63-71

1988 "The Draped Universe of Islam", ed., Priscilla P. Soucek, Content and Context of the Visual Arts in the Islamic World. Papers from Colloquium in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, April 2-4, 1980. College Art Association Monographs, XLIV, University Park: Pennsylvannia State University Press, pp.25-49

1988 "The Function of Decoration in Islamic Architecture," Theories and Principles of Design in the Architecture of Islamic Societies. Symposium of Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University and M.I.T., Nov.6-8, 1987, Cambridge, Massachussets, pp.35-46

1989 "Tamerlane, Scourge of God,” Asian Art, spring, pp.30-61

1990 Mason R.B. & L.B. Golombek, "Differentiating early Chinese-influenced Blue and White ceramics of Egypt, Syria and Iran", E. Pernicke & G.A. Wagner, eds., Archaeometry '90, pp.465-74

1991 in press "Persian Potters in Ottoman Turkey", International Congress of Turkish Art, Istanbul (September)

1992 "Discourses of an Imaginary Arts Council in Fifteenth Century Iran", Timurid Art and Culture: Iran and Central Asia in the Fifteenth Century. Supplement to Muqarnas, Vol. VI. Leiden: E.J. Brill; 1989 Timurid/Turkman Symposium (co- organizer), Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting (MESA), Toronto (November 15-18)

1993 "The Timurid Ceramics at Kubachi, Daghestan," Proceedings (1993), 27th Meeting of Haneda Memorial Hall, Symposium on Central Asia and Iran, Kyoto University, p. 41.

1993 "The paysage as Funerary Imagery in the Timurid Period," Muqarnas 10 (Essays in Honor of Oleg Grabar), pp. 241-52

1995 "New Evidence for Safavid Ceramic Production at Nishapur," with Robert Mason, Apollo (July), cxlii, no. 401, pp. 33-36.

1995 "The Gardens of Timur: New Perspectives," Muqarnas 12, 137-147.

1995 with Robert Mason and Gauvin Bailey, "Economics of the Ceramic Industry in Timurid/Turkmen Iran," Proceedings (1991), Societas Iranologica Europaea, Bamberg, Germany, Rome, pp. 233-239.

1996 “Timur’s Gardens: The Feminine Perspective,” in The Mughal Garden: Interpretation, Conservation and Implications,” ed., Mahmood Hussain, Abdul Rehman, and James L. Wescoat Jr. (Lahore: Ferozsons (Pvt.) Ltd.), pp. 29-36.

1996 “Timurid Potters Abroad,” Oriente Moderno , n.s. XV (LXXVI), 2, ii, pp. 577- 89.

1999 “The Mystery of Kubachi Wares,” in ed. Charles Melville, Proceedings (1995), Societas Iranologica Europaea, Cambridge, UK (Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag), pp. 407-417.

1999 “Timurids: art (b) Architecture [pp. 519-523] (c) Ceramics [pp. 523-524],” Encyclopedia of Islam.

1999 “L’architecture des Mongols à la fin des timourides (1220-1501),” in Pierre Chuvin, ed., Les arts de l’Asie Centrale. Paris: Editio - Editions Citadelles et Mazenod. Pp. 394-441.

2000 “GARDEN: ii. The Islamic Period” (pp. 298B-305A); vi. In Persian Art (pp. 310B-313A), Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. X/ fasc. 3. New York

2001 with Robert B. Mason and Patty Proctor, “Safavid Potters’ Marks and the Question of Provenance,” Iran xxxix (2001):207-36.

2001 Reprint of “From Tamerlane to the Taj Mahal,” in ed., Monica Juneja, Architecture in Medieval India (South Asian History: Readings and Interpretations), New Delhi, Paul’s Press, pp. 315-327.

2002 “GOWAR-ŠAD MOSQUE,” Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. XI/fasc. 2:181-2. New York.

2002 “Riza Abbasi's wine pot and other problems of Safavid ceramics,” in Sheila R. Canby, ed., Safavid Art & Architecture, London, the British Museum Press, pp. 95-100.

2003 Robert B. Mason and Lisa Golombek, “The Petrography of Iranian Safavid Ceramics,” Journal of Archaeological Science, 30: 251-261.

2003 “The Safavid Ceramic Industry at Kirman,” Iran 41 (2003):253-270.

2004 “Early Illustrated Manuscripts of Kashifi’s Akhlaq-i Muhsini,” Iranian Studies, 36/4 (Dec.):615-643.

2005 “The Saljuq Monuments of Kirman,” Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies 40, Festschrift fro T. Cuyler Young, Jr.:45-48.

2008 “The ‘Citadel, Town, Suburbs’ Model and Medieval Kirman,” in S. K. Jayyusi, ed.,The City in the Islamic World (Leiden: Brill): 445-463.

2008 “From Timur to Tivoli: Reflections on Il Giardino all’Italiana,” Muqarnas 25: 243-254.

2008 “40 Years of Change—the Islamic gallery at the ROM,” ROM 41/1: 44-51.

2011 “A Safavid bottle with Matchlock Hunt in the Royal Ontario Museum,” in Colin P. Mitchell, ed., New Perspectives on Safavid Iran: Empire and Society. New York: Routledge. Pp. 123–149.

2011 “The So-Called ‘Turabeg Khanom” Mausoleum in Kunya Urgench: Problems of Attribution,” Muqarnas 28:133–156.

2012 “The Language of Objects in the Islamic World: How We Translate and Interpret It—Commentary on the symposium roundtable “Objects in Islamic History and Culture,” Ars Orientalis 42: 15–20.

2014–15 “A New Narrative for Post-Mongol Persian Pottery: Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries,” Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society 79: 89–94.

2016 Introduction: “Between Balkh (Noh Gonbad) and Isfahan,” in ed. Lanfranco Secco Suardo, The Nine Domes of the Universe, Delegation Archeologique Francaise en Afghanistan (DAFA), The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Ministry of Information and Culture, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: 35–45; also, reprinting of L.Golombek, “Abbasid Mosque at Balkh,” Oriental Art 15/3, 1969.

2017 and Ebba Koch, “Mughal Architecture and its Timurid Roots,” in B. Flood and G. Necipoglu, eds., A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons. Vol. II, pp. 811–845.

2019 and R.B. Mason, “The Garden of the Pavilion of the Stables,” Orientations 50/2:124–33.

In Press: “Investigations into later Persian ceramics at the Royal Ontario Museum (1987–), in M. Milwright [TBD]

“The Timurid Garden,” in A. Petrucciolli, The Islamic Garden

“Safavid Ceramics,” chapter in book ed. By R. Matthee on Safavid History and Society.

B. Popular a) Articles

1972 "Palace in a Tepe", Rotunda, Vol.V, No.1, pp.31-40

1972 "Anatomy of a Mosque - the Masjid-i Shah of Isfahan", ed., C.J. Adams, Iranian Civilization and Culture, Essays in Honour of the 2500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire, Montreal, pp.5-14

1976 "Focus: On a Lamp Illuminated", Rotunda, Vol.9, No.1, (Spring), pp.2-3

1977 "Collecting Architectural Antiques in Isfahan", Archaeological Newsletter (ROM), New Series, No.149, September

1982 "A Tile and a Tomb", Rotunda, Vol.15, No.2 (Summer), pp.42-49

1982 "Curator's Choice: A Sampling of Objects from the Islamic World", Rotunda Vol.17, No.4 (Winter), pp.86-88

1994 "In Search of Sheherazade," Rotunda, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Fall), pp. 18-25.

1997 “Visions of Paradise in the Mughal Garden,” Rotunda, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Summer), pp. 20-27. 1997

2001 “Out of the Blue-and-White (Explorations),” Rotunda, vol. 33, no.3 (Spring), p. 6.

2002 “Memories of Afghanistan,” Rotunda (spring, 2002):24-29.

2003 “Rhapsody in Blue-and-White,” Rotunda (summer/fall, 2003):20-27). .

C. Reviews

1968 Meredith-Owens, G.M., Persian Illustrated Manuscripts, British Museum, Aberdeen, 1965, in Oriental Art, Vol.14, no.3, p.196

1970 Bombaci, A., The Kufic Inscription in Persian Verses in the Court of the Royal Palace of Masud III at Ghazni, (ISMEO) Rome, 1966, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol.90/2, pp.290-292

1973 Gutmann, J., No Graven Images: Studies in Art and the Hebrew Bible, New York, 1971, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol.93/3, pp.401-402

1973 Schimmel, A., Islamic Calligraphy, Leiden, 1970, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol.93/4, pp.572-573

1977 Kuban, D., Muslim Religious Architecture, Pt.1: The Mosque and its Early Development, Leiden, 1974, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol.97, pp. 606-607

1979 Welch, A., Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World, Austin, 1979, in Bulletin of Middle East Studies Association, 13/2 (Dec. 1979), pp.52-54

1983 Allan, J.W., Islamic Metalwork: The Nuhad Es- Said Collection, London, 1982, in The Middle East Journal, Vol.37, no.4 (Autumn 1983), p.710

1984 Schimmel, A., Calligraphy and Islamic Culture, New York, 1984, in Bulletin of Middle East Studies Association, 18/2 (December 1984), pp.249-250

1987 Basch, V., Miniature Paintings in Judaeo-Persian Manuscripts, Cincinnati, 1985, in Bulletin of Middle East Studies Association, 21 (1987), pp.99-100

1989 Nasr, Seyyed Hossein, Islamic Art and Spirituality, Albany, 1987, in Iranian Studies, Vol.XXII, No.1 (1989), pp.85-87

1989 Wilkinson, Charles J., Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration, New York, 1986, in Iranian Studies, Vol.XXII, No.1 (1989), pp.88-91

1993 Koch, Ebba, Mughal Architecture: an Outline,1991, in Design Book Review 29/30 (1993), pp. 62-65

1995 Hillenbrand, Robert, Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and Meaning, Edinburgh University Press, 1994, in Apollo (July), pp. 65-66

1997 Necipoglu, Gulru, The Topkapi Scroll--Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture (Topkapi Palace Museum Library MS H. 1965), The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1995, in Ars Orientalis 27, pp. 137-39.

2004 Degeorge, Gérard and Yves Porter, trans. D. Radzinowicz, The Art of the Islamic Tile, Paris: Flammarion, 2002, in Iranian Studies 37/4, pp. 713-716.

[in press: Crowe, Yolande, Persian and China: Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738, London, 2002]

D. Encyclopedia Articles, chapters in books

For: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Encyclopedia Iranica, Dictionary of Art (on Timurid architecture and sites, Timurid pottery, the Persian garden) 1999 “Timurids: art (b) Architecture [pp. 519-523] (c) Ceramics [pp. 523-524],” Encyclopedia of Islam.

1999 L’architecture des Mongols à la fin des timourides (1220-1501),” in Pierre Chuvin, ed., Les arts de l’Asie Centrale. Paris: Editio - Editions Citadelles et Mazenod. Pp. 394-441.

2000 “GARDEN: ii. The Islamic Period; vi. In Persian Art,” Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. X/ fasc. 3:298b-305a; 310b-313a.

2001 “GAZORGAH: ii. Monuments,” Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. X/4:390a.

2001 “GIAT-AL-DIN SIRAZI,” Encyclopedia Iranica, vol. X/6:600a-b.