Samantha Happe
Biographic Data
| ID | 154800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha Happe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Happe |
| SIGNATURE | HAPPE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5105-199X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Persian Mumia
Mumia is a bituminous material with legendary curative properties, whose meaning is dependent on its geographical and temporal contexts. To the Persians, mumia bore complex symbolic meanings associations with royal power and dynastic legitimacy, meanings it served to convey when employed as a diplomatic gift. Through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, mumia was included in ensembles to European princes by Shahs of the Safavid, Zand, and Qaj…
Afterlives of the Persian Gifts to Versailles
The fate of diplomatic gifts after their presentation can reveal patterns of instability and shifting narratives on the items themselves and how they were perceived and received at the time. Often, these important pieces of material evidence disappear or are decontextualised from their exchange. This has been the case with the Persian embassy to Louis XIV's court at Versailles in 1715, where the gifts that were presented to the Sun King were thou…
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Afterlives of the Persian Gifts to Versailles
The fate of diplomatic gifts after their presentation can reveal patterns of instability and shifting narratives on the items themselves and how they were perceived and received at the time. Often, these important pieces of material evidence disappear or are decontextualised from their exchange. This has been the case with the Persian embassy to Louis XIV's court at Versailles in 1715, where the gifts that were presented to the Sun King were thou…
Persian Mumia
Mumia is a bituminous material with legendary curative properties, whose meaning is dependent on its geographical and temporal contexts. To the Persians, mumia bore complex symbolic meanings associations with royal power and dynastic legitimacy, meanings it served to convey when employed as a diplomatic gift. Through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, mumia was included in ensembles to European princes by Shahs of the Safavid, Zand, and Qaj…
Ancient history (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Persian (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (1 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (1 works) · Historical Influence and Diplomacy (1 works) · History (1 works) · Islamic Studies and History (1 works)