Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Stucco in the Pre-Modern Islamic World: A Brief Historiography, and an Overview of the Current State of the Field Richard Piran McClary (University of York) I. Early Islamic Stucco 2. Stucco Decorations of the Church on Sir Bani Yas Island and their Artistic Context Agnieszka Lic (University of Oxford) 3. Khirbat al-Mafjar and the Immersive Materiality of Early Medieval Interiors Elizabeth Dospel Williams (Dumbarton Oaks) 4. Early Abbasid Stucco Production in Mesopotamia and Greater Iran, circa 750-850 Andrea Luigi Corsi (Sapienza'' University of Rome) 5. Stucco fragments from the Abbasid Mosque in Afrasiyab/Samarkand: New Investigation into a Neglected Corpus Sandra Aube ( CNRS, Centre de Recherche sur le Monde Iranien, Paris) and Viola Allegranzi (Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) 6. A New Approach to Studying the Abbasid Stucco from Samarra Simone Struth (Museum of Islamic Art, Doha / University of Bamberg) 7.
Innovation and Transformation in the Stucco of Bilad al-Sham Stephennie Mulder (University of Texas, Austin) 8. Liminal lands and Liminal Materials: Calabrian Stucco Production between Byzantium, The Normans, and Islam Flavia Vanni (University of Birmingham) II. Stucco in The Medieval Persianate World 9. Stucco in the Architectural Decoration of the Ghaznavid Palace in Ghazni, Afghanistan (Eleventh-Twelfth Centuries) Valentina Laviola (University of Naples "L''Orientale") and Viola Allegranzi (Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) 10. Stucco of the Seljuq Period in Iran, with a Focus on Dado Zones and Mihrabs Iman Agajani and Lorenz Korn (University of Bamberg) 11. Seljuq Stucco from a House in the Sultan Kala, Merv: A Re-Examination Tim Williams (Institute of Archaeology, UCL, London) and Richard Piran McClary (University of York) 12. Three Ilkhanid Stucco Mihrabs in Central Iran: Work of a Distinctive Regional Workshop? Richard Piran McClary 13. Ilkhanid Stucco in Anatolia? The Mihrab of the Arslanhane Mosque in Ankara Patricia Blessing (Princeton University) 14.
Towards a Comprehension of Ilkhanid Stucco Style(s) Ana Marija Grbanovic (Bamberg University) III. Stucco in North Africa and Iberia 15. Stucco in Cairo: Indigenous Development and Imported Ideas Bernard O''Kane (American University Cairo) 16. The Stucco of Qubbat Fadawiyya (1479-80) in Context: Revival of a Medium Sami De Giosa (Arab Islamic Science Museum, Kuwait) 17. The Stucco Decorations of the Great Residences of Sedrata: State of Knowledge and Working Hypotheses Patrice Cressier (CIHAM-UMR 5648, Lyon) and Sophie Gilotte (CIHAM-UMR 5648, CNRS Lyon) 18. Fatimid and Zirid Wall Stuccos of Sabra al-Mansuriyya Patrice Cressier, Sophie Gilotte and Mourad Rammah (Institut National du Patrimoine, Kairouan) 19. Almoravid Stucco: The Qubbat al-Barudiyyin in Marrakech as Paradigm of Legitimacy María Marcos Cobaleda (University of Málaga) 20. An Early Muqarnas Plaster Ceiling in the Alhambra Palace, Granada Anna McSweeney (Trinity College Dublin) 21.
Plasterwork in the Alhambra: Materiality, Design and Practice Olga Bush (Vassar College/Princeton University) IV. Stucco in The Indian Subcontinent 22. Stucco Decoration in Delhi Sultanate Architecture (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries) Yves Porter (Institut Universitaire de France) 23. Stucco Ornamentation of the Sultanate Kingdoms of the Deccan Helen Philon (Deccan Heritage Foundation), with addendum by Will Kwiatkowski 24. Dusts of Sin and Clouds of Beneficence: Continuity and Creativity in Stucco at the Tomb of Jamali, Delhi Parshati Dutta (University of York) Bibliography.