Medieval Mediterranean between Islam and Christianity

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  • ISBN 9781649031877
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 13 May 2025
  • Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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Christian–Islamic encounters through religious arts, architecture, and material culture in the medieval era

The coexistence of Christianity and Islam in the medieval Mediterranean led to an interchange of knowledge in architecture and material culture that went well beyond religious and geographical boundaries. The use of Islamic objects in Christian contexts, the conversion of churches into mosques, and the mobility of craftsmen are only some manifestations of this process. From crosses found in mosques to European-Christian coins with pseudo-shahada inscriptions, medieval material culture is rich with visual evidence of the two faiths intermingling in both individual objects and monuments.

In this volume, thirteen international scholars explore various aspects of pan-Mediterranean Christian-Islamic encounters in material culture and art, from textiles to precious oils, and from metalwork to ceramics, covering most of the Mediterranean, as well as parts of its extended hinterland, from Spain and Italy to Egypt and Georgia.

Within this frame, one of the most relevant, yet underexplored lines of investigation is that of the “aesthetic space,” the notion that aesthetic pleasure transcends boundaries, paving the way to a cross-religious experience and appreciation. “Indeed, God is beautiful, and He loves beauty,” as mentioned in a Hadith narration, a universal cry of visual beauty that resonates with all cultures and civilizations.

Contributors:
Paschalis Androudis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Faruk Bilici Inalco, Paris, France
Maria Bormpoudaki Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Piraeus, Greece
Sami Luigi De Giosa University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Hélène Fragaki University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Hani Hamza Independent scholar, Cairo, Egypt
Ana Cabrera Lafuente Instituto de Turismo de España (Turespaña/Tourspain), Madrid, Spain
Alison Ohta Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London, United Kingdom
Richard Piran McClary University of York, York, United Kingdom
Nino Simonishvili Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Nikolaos Vryzidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Arielle Winnik Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States

Sami Luigi De Giosa is assistant professor at the College of Fine Arts and Design, University of Sharjah. His most recent publication is The Crosses of the Sultan. He has curated exhibitions on Islamic art around the world including Hajj: Memories of a Journey Exhibition at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

Nikolaos Vryzidis is post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His latest publications include the article "Between Three Worlds: The ‘Veneto-Saracenic’ Candleholder of Docheiariou Monastery" for which he has received the N. Drandakis Prize by the Christian Archaeological Society.