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Aaron, Armenian Governor (1055–1056), 188 Antiochos III, Ruler of the Seleukid Empire (r. Abbasid caliphate (749–1258), 62, 230, 242 222–187 BCE), 20 abbreviations, 79, 86, 200, 209, 212, 218 Antoni Tsagereli, Bishop, 84 ʿAbd al-Aziz, Ruler of Bukarah (r. 1539–51), 239 apotropaic, 22, 31, 100, 106, 107, 189 ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Mansur, ʿAmirid Chamberlain appropriation, 14, 124 (11th Century), 234, 237 Ardaxshir I, Founder of the Sasanian Empire (r. ʿAbd al-Malik, Umayyad Caliph (r. 685–705), 61 224–240), 24, 26 Abu Ibrahim Ahmad, Aghlabid Emir (r. 856–863), Armenia, 78, 104 64 Ani, Cathedral, 188 Abu¯ ʿAbd Allah¯ H. ammud,¯ Norman Civil Leader, Areni Church, 192 136 Marmasˇen,¯ Monastery, 188 Abu’l-Abbas b. al-Aghlab, Emir, 68 Noravank‘, Monastery of, 191–192, 197 Achaemenid Empire, 10, 14 Funerary church, 195 Bisotun, 15, 17, 23, 28 gawit‘, 192, 201 Ganj-nama, 16 upper tympanum, 198 Ishtar Gate, Babylon, 16 Siwnik‘, 192, 196, 198 Naqsh-e Rostam, 16, 17, 25, 31 Arsacid dynasty (247 BCE–224 AD), 23 Palace of Cyrus, Pasargadae, 18 Ashoka, Mauryan Emperor (r. 269–232 BCE), 23 palaces, 14, 17 Athanasios of Alexandria, Church Father Persepolis, 13, 18, 26, 31 (4th Century AD), 112 adʿiya, 126, 128, 129, 132, 133, 135, 136, 144 al-ʿAziz, Fatimid Caliph (r. 975–996), 62, 67 Aghlabid dynasty (r. 800–909), 62, 64, 70, 103 Albrecht Durer¨ (1471–1528), 142 Bactria, 20 Alexander III, Pope (1159–1181), 137 Rabatak, 24 Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia (356–323 Surkh Kotal, 24 BCE), 19, 239 Bagrationi dynasty, 82, 188 Alfonso VIII, King of Castile (r. 1158–1214), Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem (r. 1100–1118), 212 178 Bardas Skleros, Byzantine General (d.991), 89 Alfonso X, King of Castile-Leon´ (r. 1252–1284), Basil II, Emperor of Byzantium (r. 976–1025), 89, 170, 178, 179 110 ʿAli b Yusuf, Almoravid Ruler (r. 1107–42), 236 Beatrice of Swabia, Queen Consort of Castile-Leon´ ʿAli ibn Muhammad al-Zammaki, (1205–1235), 172 Calligrapher/Decorator (14th Century), Bernabo` Doria, Genoese Captain, 220 242, 244 Bichitr, Mughal Craftsman, 239 Almohad dynasty (1147–1269), 174 Buddhism, 23 alphabets Byzantium. See individual monuments Armenian, 187, 190, 201 Georgian calendars, 171, 176 asomtavruli, 76, 85 Caliphs, Rightly Guided, 157, 159, 162, 164, 167 nuskha-khutsuri,85 Cantigas de Santa Marıa´ , 178 nuskhuri,85 Charlemagne, Emperor of the Romans (r. Greek, 23 800–814), 222 Pahlavi, 24, 26, 31 commemoration, 89, 90, 177, 178

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Constantine IX Monomachos, Emperor of Otkhta Eklesia Monastery, 87 Byzantium (r. 1042–1055), 110 Parkhali Monastery, 85 Constantine X, Emperor of Byzantium (r. Savane, 84 1059–1067), 188 Zarzma Monastery, 88 Constantinople, 102 Germany Constantine Lips, monastery of, 99, 105 Liebfrauenkirche, Trier, 39, 44, 46 Galata, 212 Gerona Casket, 232 Hagios Polyeutkos, 78 Ghibelline factions, 220 SS. Sergios and Bakchos, 78 Giorgi I, King of Georgia (r. 1014–1027), 83 contractions, 81, 86 graffiti, 13, 36, 38, 85, 200, 231 convivencia, 170 anonymity, 42 Crusaders, 114 Greco-Bactrian kingdom (ca. 250–145 BCE), 22 Cyrus the Great, King of Persia (r. 559–530 BCE), Greece 17 Athens, Church of the Theotokos, 39, 52 Hosios Loukas, 100 Damasus, Bishop of Rome (366–384), 48 Church of the Panagia, 101, 102, 117 Darius I, King of Persia (r. 522–486 BCE), 12, 14, funerary chapel, 111, 113, 117 17–18, 20, 23, 25, 26 katholikon, 101, 109, 111, 114, 117 Davit Kuropalates, Prince of Tao-Klarjeti military saints, 115 (961–1001), 85, 87 Presentation of Christ at the Temple, 114 Desiderius, Lombard King (r. 756–774), 222 templon screen, 106, 107 devotional practice, 40 Skripou (Orchomenos), Church of the Virgin, dikerion¯ , 133 78, 104 donor portrait, 188 Guelph factions, 220 Gurgen Bagrationi, King of Kartli (r. 994–1008), 82 Egypt Apa Apollo, Monastery of, 39, 48 h. adith¯ , 150–153, 243 Cairo, 103, 131 al-Hafiz. li-dın¯ Allah,¯ Fatimid Caliph (r. 1131–49), al-Aqmar Mosque, 71 136 al-Azhar Mosque, 71 al-Hakam II, Caliph of Cordoba´ (r. 961–976), 232 Church of St Stephen, Philae, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, al-Hakim, Fatimid Caliph (r. 996–1021), 110 52 h. ajj, 130 El Karnais, 46 rukn, 131 epigraphic practice, 14, 20, 22, 23, 28, 125, 196 .tawaf¯ , 131 Eugenius of Palermo (1130–1202), 125 Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1191–1197), 125 Fatimid dynasty (909–1171), 103 Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1312–1313), Fatimid Egypt. See Egypt 205, 220–221, 223 Fernando III, King of Castile-Leon´ (r. 1217–1252), Herakles, 22, 31 170 Hisham III, Caliph of Cordoba´ (r. 976–1009), 232 effigy, 173 Holy Land, 43, 100, 110–113, 115, 118, 196 Libro de los doce sabios, 179 Huvishka, Kushan King (r. 140–180 AD), 24 Privilegio Rodado, 176 tomb, 172 Ibn Jubayr, 143 vita. See vitae Ibn ʿIdhari, Historian (d.1312), 61 foundation text, 68, 78, 81, 82, 87, 88, 153, 164, icon 189, 209, 217, 230, 231, 236 Mother of God from Khobi, Georgia, 79 France, 78 St Symeon the Younger, Georgia, c.1015, 92 Chateauneufˆ Sanctuary, 41 identity, 14 Franciscans, 198 Ifriqiya. See Tunisia inscriptions, 25, 64 Genesis, 138 appearance, 17, 205 George of Antioch (d.1151), 129, 135 carving, 12, 14, 76, 176 Georgia coinage, 11, 61, 65, 72, 125 Ishkhani Cathedral, 82, 84, 86, 88 commemorative, 42, 94, 126, 214 Jvari, 84 content, 16, 17, 76, 106, 124, 171, 176, 187 Kumurdo Cathedral, 76, 80, 85, 86, 89 embroidered, 126, 196, 238 Oshki Monastery, 85, 87 erasure, 14, 61, 62, 70, 71, 72

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form, 78, 86 Janus, 209, 214, 216, 222, 223 function, 86 Jean Adam Delsenbach (1687–1765), 142 icon frame, 79, 92 Jerusalem, 110, 112 kufic, 62, 64, 102, 132, 153, 156, 162, 171, 233 Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 110, 115, 213 location, 54, 82, 84, 87, 130, 187, 243 Dome of the Rock, 61, 114, 243 monumental, 14, 20, 24, 73, 87, 89, 94, 177, Joshua, Old Testament General, 109 205 multi-lingual, 14, 22, 24, 25, 26, 125, 170, 174, Kamal al-Din Rumtash (1248–1249), 150 196, 230 Kanishka I, Kushan King (r. 127–140 AD), 24 performance, 17, 26, 31, 44, 134, 171 Katranide,¯ Wife of King Gagik I of Ani (r. performativity, 13, 42, 83, 130 989–1017), 188 signatures, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 237, 243, khatchkars, 190 244 Kitab¯ Rujar¯ , 143 textual icon, 78, 86, 87, 91, 92, 94 Kushan dynasty (1st AD–4th AD), 23 visibility, 79, 188, 205 Ioane Zosime, Monk (949–987), 94 lamps Iovane Mtatsmindeli/John the Iberian, Monk hanging, 242, 243 (d.1002), 86, 87, 90 Sayf al-Din Qawsun, 240 Islamic mysticism, 149, 162, 167 languages, 46 Israel Arabic, 72, 125, 129, 135, 137, 170, 171, 176, Jerusalem. See Jerusalem 196, 233 Italy Aramaic, 20, 22, 23 Cimitile-Nola, Shrine of St Felix, 39, 43, 47, 52 Armenian, 83 Genoa, San Lorenzo, 205, 206–212, 221 Babylonian Akkadian, 14 Janus epigraphs, 217, 218, 219, 222 Castilian, 170, 171, 176 nave, 213, 224 Elamite, 14, 16 Hercules Curinus, Shrine of, 41 Georgian, 83, 87, 94 Milan, Basilica of St Ambrose, 223 Greek, 19, 22, 23, 25, 87, 125, 129, 137 Padua Hebrew, 170, 171 Santa Giustina, 217 Latin, 72, 125, 129, 137, 170, 171, 176, 206, 212, Tomb of Antenor, 216 216 Rome magical, 108 Catacomb of Callixtus, 51, 52 Parthian, 25, 26 Catacombs, 39 Persian Memoria Apostolorum, 39, 42, 44, 46, 48 Middle, 24, 25, 26 St John Lateran, 36 Old, 11, 14, 17, 18 St Peter Memorial, Vatican Hill, 39 Prakrit, 23 Salerno Cathedral, 124 Laodike III, Wife of Antiochos III (d.191 BCE), 20 Venice, 217 Last Judgement, 94 San Marco, 217 legibility, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 25, 49, 62, 76, 81, 87, Ivories (Iberian), 231, 235 102, 135, 140, 188, 195, 212 Fitero Casket, 231, 234, 244 Leo the Deacon, Byzantine Historian (born Gerona Casket, 234 ca.950), 108 Hispanic Society of America D752, 231 Leon III Anchabadze, King of Abkhazeti (r. Pamplona Casket, 234, 236, 244 957–967), 79, 81 ʿIzz al-Din, Seljuk Sultan (r. 1246–1256), 153, liminality, 52, 84, 107, 113 164 literacy, 48, 72, 79, 86, 87, 105, 171, 187, 212, 214, 236 Jacopo da Varagine, Archbishop of Genoa loca sancta, 110, 112, 115 (1230–1298), 215, 218, 223 Lothar I, Emperor of the Romans (r. 817–855), Chronica Civitatis Ianuensis, 215 222 Jacopo Doria (born 1233), 215–216, 223 Jahangir, Mughal Emperor (r. 1605–1627), 239 al-Nasir Muhammad, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r. Jalal al-Din Qaratay, Regent of the Seljuk Sultanate 1293–1341), 240, 241, 242 (1249–1254), 148, 152, 159, 164 Jalal al-Din Rumi, Sufi Mystic (1207–1273), 148, Mahmud Muzahhib, Craftsman, 239 163 Mahmud, Calligrapher at Bukarah, 239 James I, King of England (r. 1603–1625), 239 al-Maʾmun, Abbasid Caliph (r. 813–833), 61

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al-Mansur b. Buluggin b. Ziri, Zirid Governor (r. piety, 44, 49, 81 984–995), 62, 67 popular, 38, 40 manuscripts, 72, 239, 242 pilgrimage, 36, 39, 43, 100, 104, 106, 110–112, 113, Art and History Trust Collection, Dıv¯ an¯ of 117, 129, 131 Hafiz, 238 power, 14, 81 Erevan, Matenadaran 2743, Gospels of the prayer, 43, 54, 78, 79, 86, 87 Translators, 196 prolepsis, 106 Erevan, Matenadaran 6201, Mułni Gospels, 196 pseudo-epigraphy, 99, 104, 115, 128, 136, 138, 139, London, British Library MS Harley 5786, 141, 143, 156, 162, 196, 197, 230 Psalter, 129 public text, 38, 73, 100, 108, 110, 188, 212 Minneapolis, Minneapolis Museum of Art 52.31, Baharist¯ an¯ , 238 Qur’an, 64, 149, 155, 160, 240, 242 Mount Athos, Iviron MS Georg.1, Old Testament, 79, 85 Raimundo de Losana, Archbishop of Seville Mount Athos, Iviron MS Georg.9, Samotkhe,85 (d.1286), 176 Margaret of Brabant, Wife of Henry VII readability, 78, 81, 82, 89, 136, 138, 193, 219 (1276–1311), 221 Rightly Guided Caliphs. See Caliphs, Rightly Mark, Evangelist, 217 Guided Martino da Canale, Venetian Chronicler (13th ritual, 13, 25, 30, 130, 131 Century), 217 Robert Guiscard, Duke of Sicily (1015–1085), 124 materiality, 38, 49 Roger II, King of Norman Sicily (r. 1130–1154), Matthew Bonellus, Italo-Norman Baron, 137 125 memory, 84 mantle of, 126, 134, 142 civic, 215, 216, 224 water-clock, 126, 129 collective, 91, 224 Romanos I Lekapenos, Emperor of Byzantium (r. public, 214 920–944), 103 Miqail ibn Simino/Miguel Jimenez´ (d. 1156), 176 Romanos II, Emperor of Byzantium (r. 959–963), Mir Husayn al-Husayni, Calligrapher at Bukarah, 101, 109 238 Mithradates II, King of Parthia (r. 123–88 BCE), sajʿ, 135, 142 23 Saladin, Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (r. monogram, 28 1174–1193), 71 chi-rho, 46, 52 sapientialism, 171, 179 Morocco Sasanian dynasty (224–642), 24 Marrakesh Sasanian Empire, 10 minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque, 236 Ardaxshir-Xwarrah, 26 Mount Athos, 87 Kaʿba-ye Zardosht, 25, 26 Mozarab, 175, 176 Pars, 25 Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Mahdi, Abbasid Caliph stucco carving, 28 (r. 775–785), 61 script, 49, 170, 176 Muhammad, Prophet, 62, 64, 71, 149, 157, 159, 163 Akkadian cuneiform, 15 al-Muʿizz ibn Badis, Zirid Governor, (r. Brahmi, 23 1016–1062), 61 Gothic capital, 206, 216 Lombardic, 171 Narseh, Sasanian King (r. 293–302), 26 naskh, 243 Old Persian cuneiform, 14 Opizzino Spinola, Genoese Captain, 220 Seleukid Empire, 19, 20 otherness, 100, 109, 113, 118, 196 Ai Khanum, 22, 28 Bisotun, 22 panegyric, 126, 128, 131, 144 inscribed stele, 20 patronage, 10, 13, 17, 24, 31, 61, 66, 68, 82, 101, Karafto, 22 112, 135, 148, 150, 162, 188, 230, 241 Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris, 22 Paul, Apostle, 44, 46, 48, 138 Temple of the Oxos, 22, 31 perambulation, 104, 106, 206, 218 Setenario, 178 Persian Empire (550–330 BCE), 14 Shabuhr I, Sasanian King (r. 240–270 AD), 11, 14, Peter of Eboli, Chronicler (fl.1196–1220), 125 24–26 Peter, Apostle, 44, 46, 48, 138 Shabuhr II, Sasanian King (r. 309–379), 26 Philagathos Kerameos, 140 Shabuhr Saganshah, 26

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Shiʿi, 62, 66, 70 Tunisia Sicily, 179 Gafsa Fortress, 72 Cappella Palatina, 125, 128 Kairouan nave ceiling, 132, 138, 139 Congregational Mosque/Mosque of Sidi opus sectile, 129, 135, 136 ʿUqba, 62, 64, 66, 71 Cefalu` Cathedral, 125 Mosque of the Three Doors, 68, 71 San Giacomo la Mazara, 126 Mahdia, 64, 69, 103 Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, 129 Sabra-Mansuriya, 64, 65, 69 Siete Partidas, 178 Sfax, Great Mosque, 62, 66 signifiers, 12, 124, 143, 206 Sousse Spain Bu Fatata Mosque, 68 Castile and Leon,´ 171 Congregational Mosque, 62, 66, 68 Cordoba´ Cathedral, 177 Ribat, 68 Great Mosque of Cordoba,´ 172, 236 Zaytuna Mosque, Tunis, 62, 66, 71, 230 Madinat al-Zahraʾ, 235 Tu r k e y Santas Justa y Rufina, Toledo, 176 Ephesos, Grotto of St Paul, 46 Seville Cathedral, 170, 176 Erzurum, C¸ ifte Minareli Medrese, 166 Giralda, 172 Istanbul. See Constantinople St Clement’s day, 174, 178 Konya Step‘anos Orbelian, Armenian Historian Alaeddin Mosque, 150 (1250–1305), 191 Qaratay Madrasa, 148, 150, 164, 165: Sufism, 149, 164, 165 courtyard, 153; dome, 160 Suleyman¨ the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (r. Sahib Ata, 166 1520–1566), 243 Sırc¸alı Madrasa, 150 Sultan Muhammad ʿIraqi, Court Painter Tahir and Zuhre¨ Mosque, 166 (16th Century), 238 Malatya, Ulu Cami, 166 Sunni, 66, 70, 149, 164 Van, Citadel of, 17 synodika,91 Syria ʿUbaydallah, Ruler of Bukarah (r. 1533–39), 239 Church of the Holy Cross, 39, 43, 46, 48, 53 Ursone da Sestri, Italian Poet, 214 Dura Europos, 41 Syros, Saint and Bishop of Genoa, 219 Vahram Paxlawuni, Armenian Prince (11th Century), 188 Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran (r. 1522–1576), 238 Varqeh and Golshah,¯ 149, 159 text Vima Kadphises, Kushan King (r. 90–100 AD), 24 appearance, 82, 176 Virgen de los Reyes, 174 arrangement, 219 Virgin and Child Hodigitria, 192, 198 compression, 82 vitae document, 177 Dagobert, 178 layout, 84, 190, 218, 231 Fernando III, 178 legal, 89, 188 Louis VI, 178 mnemonic device, 78 Mesrop Mastoc‘,ˇ 187 ornamental, 82 St Luke, 101, 108 record, 86 votive offerings, 42 sequence, 92, 104 spiritual power, 84 Wahram II (r. 276–293), 26 Theodosios, Abbot (fl. 1048), 101 William II, King of Norman Sicily (r. 1166–1189), theology, 94, 201 143 cross, 84 William Malconvenant, Italo-Norman Baron doors, 84 (1183–1203), 137 topography word play, 178, 233, 236, 240, 243 power, 29 sacred, 39, 40, 52 Xerxes I, King of Persia (r. 486–465 BCE), 16, 18 symbolic, 11 Tornik, Georgian Monk, 79, 82, 88 Ziyadat Allah, Aghlabid Governor (r. 817–838), 62, triumph, 100, 108, 117 64 Tulunid dynasty (868–905), 103