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Treasures from an ancient land : the art of Jordan / edited by Piotr Bienkowski ; foreword by Her Majesty Queen Noor al-Hussein of Jordan.

Contributor(s): Bienkowski, Piotr | Liverpool Museum (Liverpool, England)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stroud, Gloucestershire ; Wolfeboro Falls, NH : [Liverpool] : A. Sutton ; National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, 1991. Description: xiii, 178 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN: 0862997291Other title: Jordan, treasures from an ancient land | Art of JordanSubject(s): Islamic art -- Jordan -- Exhibitions | Art -- Jordan -- Exhibitions | Art, Arab -- Jordan -- Exhibitions | Jordan -- Antiquities -- ExhibitionsGenre/Form: Exhibition catalogsLOC classification: N7279.6 | .T7 1991
Contents:
Jordan : crossroads of the Near East / Piotr Bienkowski -- Sculpture in ancient Jordan / Fawzi Zayadine -- A history of pottery-making / H.J. Franken -- Art and technology / Graham Philip -- The mosaics of Jordan / Michele Piccirillo -- Writing in Jordan : from cuneiform to Arabic / Alan Millard -- Traditional costume in Jordanian culture / Widad Kawar -- Folk jewellery in Jordan / Birgit Mershen.
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 23 - Main Room 		A3b LIVER 15525 Not for loan BOOKS*000000015113

Catalog of the exhibition 'Jordan, treasures from an ancient land' held at Liverpool Museum in 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jordan : crossroads of the Near East / Piotr Bienkowski -- Sculpture in ancient Jordan / Fawzi Zayadine -- A history of pottery-making / H.J. Franken -- Art and technology / Graham Philip -- The mosaics of Jordan / Michele Piccirillo -- Writing in Jordan : from cuneiform to Arabic / Alan Millard -- Traditional costume in Jordanian culture / Widad Kawar -- Folk jewellery in Jordan / Birgit Mershen.