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IMC 2002: Sessions

Session 517: Gardens, Paradise and Ideology in the Medieval East

Tuesday 9 July 2002, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:The Society of the Medieval Mediterranean
Organiser:Alex Metcalfe, Department of History, Lancaster University
Moderator/Chair:Alex Metcalfe, Department of History, Lancaster University
Paper 517-aThe Development of the Garden in Early Medieval India
(Language: English)
Nicholas Barnard, South & South East Asian Section, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Index terms: Archaeology - General, Architecture - General, Art History - General, Mentalities
Paper 517-bThe Paradise of Architecture: Heaven's Spaces in the Quran and Hadith
(Language: English)
Simon O'Meara, School of Languages, Cultures & Societies - Arabic, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - General, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Theology
Paper 517-cGoing Native? The Northern King's of Sicily and their Palace Gardens
(Language: English)
Alex Metcalfe, Department of History, Lancaster University
Index terms: Architecture - General, Daily Life, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Language and Literature - Semitic