Mirʾāt Al-Quds (Mirror of Holiness): A Life of Christ for Emperor Akbar: A Commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's Text and the Miniatures of C
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Emperor Akbar's exceptional interest in Christianity is reflected in many ways. Among these was his commissioning in 1602 of a Life of Christ from his guest, the Jesuit priest Jerome Xavier, thus marking a singular moment in the relations between one of the greatest Muslim rulers and Catholicism. This fascinating text--translated into English for the first time--draws mostly on Biblical and apocryphal sources, but also reveals that in order not to...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:9004211497
ISBN13:9789004211490
Release Date:November 2011
Publisher:Brill
Length:396 Pages
Weight:3.43 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.4" x 10.8"
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