RT Article
T1 Objectifying the Occult: Studying an Islamic Talismanic Shirt as an Embodied Object
JF Arabica
VO 64
IS 3/4
SP 673
OP 693
A1 Muravchick, Rose E.
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1565004450
AB Islamic talismanic shirts from pre-Mughal South Asia form a stylistically cohesive subset within the larger corpus of Islamic talismanic shirts from the patrimonial-bureaucratic period. These objects have eluded sustained study due, in large part, to their wide geographical purview and dissimilarity from other period textiles. While these objects bear some similarities with talismans of smaller shape and disparate media, their form as garments has yet to be considered as integral to their function. In analyzing one of these South Asian shirts, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, parallels between the arts of the book and the construction of armor highlight the apotropaic function of Koranic text when placed on the human body.
K1 talismanic shirt : chemise talismanique : Sultanate India : Inde sultanienne : talismans : talismans : bihārī : bihārī : garments : vêtements : magic : magie
DO 10.1163/15700585-12341464