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James Kirkman, ed.
City of San'a': Nomad and City Exhibition.
Publisher: World of Islam Festival Publishing Co., 1976.
ISBN 0905035143.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK by the Westerham Press.
Size: 190x246x7mm.
Page count: 84pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: covers yellowed, some mild wear to the corners and edges; the spine is very yellowed but not creased from reading; internally looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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Weight without packaging: 276g.

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Published to accompany an exhibition at the UK's Museum of Mankind, held during the World of Islam Festival in 1976. Not laid out as an itemised catalogue, but rather as a narrative guide: a few selected exhibits are illustrated after the text. No medieval emphasis, but includes some incidental medieval material.

Contents: The market; The mosque; The public baths; The house; Costume.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: monochrome photographs throughout, plus 8 pages of colour plates
Maps & plans: 4
Genealogies: no
Chronology: list of rulers
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 1 page
Index: no

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See also | Islamic studies | Exhibition guides |
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