Archaeology/Anthropology

New directioNs iN the study of the italiaN majolica pottery a la Turchesca kNowN as 'caNdiaNa' federica a. Broilo (mardin) Abstract: 'candiana' is the conventional name used among the scholars to indicate a majolica from the northeast Italian region of Veneto. Produced between the end of the sixteenth and the first decades of the eighteenth centuries, it is considered atypical of the various Italian productions from that period: the only example of majolica reminiscent of the Ottoman Iznik production. The only place in Veneto where kiln wasters of 'candiana ware' have actually been found is the town of Bassano del Grappa at the foothills of the Venetian Prealps, north of Padua -although we know that pieces of 'candiana' had to have been manufactured in Padua and probably also in Venice. a large number of these pieces were dedicated to nuns, something quite unexpected considering their orientalized decoration. There are still many unsettled questions related to 'candiana ware'. In this contribution we will try to give the present state of scholarship on that subject and address some of the questions about the location of the kilns and the different extant typologies. To understand more about this little known majolica, we will also examine a phenomenon outside Veneto but similar to that of 'candiana ware': 'haban ware', tin-glazed ceramics painted with various coloured oxides, which were produced in habsburg hungary after the sixteenth century. It is certainly not impossible that Trentino and the alto adige region had a role in the transmission of forms and decorations in central and south europe. The city of Bolzano was a very active commercial centre since the early medieval period, with annual fairs that functioned as mediators of goods between Venice and the German lands. Venice mainly brought silk and glass to these fairs, but it is likely that pottery also entered the market -for example ceramics produced in Bassano, which is conveniently located midway between Padua and Trento.

Since the reign of the Shun-chih Emperor (1644-1661) Western countries have sent embassies to the Ch'ing court in Peking. Western nations desired to enter into and remain in political or economic partnership with the Ch'ing Empire through the envoy of an embassy and consequently sent gifts or "tribute of native products" as they are referred to in the Chinese sources.

Le mescit di questo articolo sono una particolare tipologia di edificio a pianta centrale che si trova al centro del cortile interno di alcuni han di epoca ottomana e più precisamente in un arco cronologico compreso tra il 1491, data della fondazione della mescit del Koza Hanı di Bursa e il 1572 circa con la costruzione della mescit del Büyük Han 1 di Lefko√e a Cipro.

Islam was introduced to Taiwan in two different periods via migrations of populations from the continent. The first one occurred in the seventeenth century in the wake of Ming loyalist Zheng Chenggong's campaign of resistance against the Qing.

The history of Iberia, as both an originator and a product of global colonization, constitutes a field of study for interrogating fundamental concepts of contemporary liberal-democratic societies. The ‘Iberianate venture’ embraces the ‘Al-Andalus’ syndrome (Islamic Andalusia as a model of tolerant co-existence between Christians, Muslims and Jews), the Iberian ‘Black legend’ (repressive Inquisitorial Catholicism, imperial brutality, economic backwardness), and Sefarad (an ambiguous place of home and exile for Iberian Jews). Within the framework of the ‘Traveling Concepts’ strand of the Language Acts & Worldmaking project, this conference will focus on the many ways in which Al-Andalus becomes a figure of thought, a means by which societies, minority groups, and individuals past and present represent and critically engage with questions of religious pluralism, intercultural contact and national identity

Islam was introduced to Taiwan in two different periods via migrations of populations from the continent. The first one occurred in the seventeenth century in the wake of Ming loyalist Zheng Chenggong’s campaign of resistance against the Qing. The later one was in the mid-twentieth century following Chiang Kai-shek’s retreat to Taiwan after the defeat of the Nationalists in the Civil War against the Communist Party. Taipei’s Grand Mosque was built in 1960 following the second migration of Muslim population from mainland China. At the end of the 1950s, the Chinese Muslim Association (CMA) in Taiwan commissioned the construction of Taipei’s Grand Mosque to Chinese architect Yang Cho-cheng. The building, inaugurated in 1960 in front of several leaders of the Muslim world, is an architectural anomaly in Taipei’s urban landscape and it has strangely been overlooked by the most relevant contemporary western literature on building mosques in non-Muslim countries. Three important mosques we...

Tracking the circulation and exchange of ideas, models, and technology in the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages allows for easier comparison between cultural systems, and although different, were not kept in sealed boxes. This is undoubtedly the case with zoomorphic fountains in Byzantium and the Islamicate Mediterranean. Much has been written on the history of fountains from varying perspectives, resulting in literature that is comprehensive and diverse. However, this contribution uniquely employs sources never used before, including poetry, tales from The Arabian Nights, and other fantastic literature, to understand better fountains and their zoomorphic fountainheads, and present a fresh perspective on the subject.

This dissertation investigates the ways in which aquatic places – be they the sea, rivers, lakes, bogs, springs, wells or artificial constructions – were symbolically and ritually used throughout Irish prehistory to express religious beliefs. A further concern is what this numinous aquatic can tell us about the prehistoric societies of Ireland. Provided is an interpretative synthesis of previously disjointed evidence, of topics commonly discussed separately but felt by the author to be most relevant to each other and collectively enlightening of a fascinating subject in Irish prehistory and maritime studies. Amongst these topics are hunter-gatherer cosmologies, Neolithic-Bronze Age petroglyphs, monumental incorporation of the aquatic, trends in the practice of object deposition in watery places, and bog bodies. The ideologies underpinning these phenomena are also explored. The ultimate aim of this dissertation is thus to demonstrate the fundamental features of aquatic-associated cult on a general diachronic level across Irish prehistory.