Arab Culture and Ottoman Magnificence in Antwerp's Golden Age

by Alastair Hamilton

The theme of this richly-illustrated book is the impact and image of the Maghrib and of the Levant on European learning and culture during the Renaissance and the Golden Age, with special reference to Antwerp's pivotal position as a great trading and printing city. Publication of the English language edition is timed to coincide with an exhibition of rare books and manuscripts at the Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing History, taking place in Antwerp...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197144012
• ISBN13: 9780197144015
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 3.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.6" x 12.7"