Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes
Biographic Data
| ID | 8919945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amélie Couvrat |
| FAMILY NAME | Desvergnes |
| SIGNATURE | DESVERGNES A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | 2Museum of Islamic Art, Doha |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8371-3046 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cut-Out Calligraphy from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Through the study of the materiality of three works from collections in Doha, Paris and Amsterdam, this paper intends to fill a gap in the knowledge of découpage calligraphy in Iran and shed light on its production processes. First, the origins and the context of the art will be explored through ancient and modern sources, followed by an examination of the tools used and the techniques of production, and finally an insight into the purpose or la …
Sayyid Yusuf’s 1433 Pilgrimage Scroll (Ziyārātnāma) in the Collection of the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
A pilgrimage scroll ( ziyārātnāma ) dated 1433 in the name of Sayyid Yusuf b. Sayyid Shihab al-Din Ma Waraʾ al-Nahri records an ʿumra to Mecca and visits ( ziyārāt ) to Medina, Jerusalem, Hebron, Najaf, and Karbala. This document reflects a common phenomenon in the central Islamic lands of the post-Mongol and pre-Safavid period, namely, the non-sectarian veneration of the family of the Prophet Muhammad, and its narrative provides unusually rich d…
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Sayyid Yusuf’s 1433 Pilgrimage Scroll (Ziyārātnāma) in the Collection of the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
A pilgrimage scroll ( ziyārātnāma ) dated 1433 in the name of Sayyid Yusuf b. Sayyid Shihab al-Din Ma Waraʾ al-Nahri records an ʿumra to Mecca and visits ( ziyārāt ) to Medina, Jerusalem, Hebron, Najaf, and Karbala. This document reflects a common phenomenon in the central Islamic lands of the post-Mongol and pre-Safavid period, namely, the non-sectarian veneration of the family of the Prophet Muhammad, and its narrative provides unusually rich d…
Cut-Out Calligraphy from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Through the study of the materiality of three works from collections in Doha, Paris and Amsterdam, this paper intends to fill a gap in the knowledge of découpage calligraphy in Iran and shed light on its production processes. First, the origins and the context of the art will be explored through ancient and modern sources, followed by an examination of the tools used and the techniques of production, and finally an insight into the purpose or la …
Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Calligraphy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (1 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 works)