Download And Enjoy Die Mittelalterlichen Olifante Narrated By Avinoam Shalem Supplied As Print

are wind instruments from the Western, Byzantine, or Islamic cultures carved from elephant tusks, and often they are richly decorated with wild and fantastic beasts.
This twovolume book offers a complete overview of all preserved

high medieval oliphants and features extensive documentation and photographs.
It discusses the history of ivory carvings as well as the characteristics of the material, the manufacturing technique, style categories, and the original use, including magical associations.
The sound of the instruments, which can be heard on the included audio CD, is also discussed, This critical appraisal focuses on the Mediterranean as a place of cultural transfer between Orient and Occident and sheds a light on the traditions and aesthetics of Romanic art.
Avinoam Shalem bornis the Riggio Professor of the History of the Arts of Islam, He is the author or editor of ten books, including, most recently, The Image of Muhammad Between Ideal and Ideology: A Scholarly Investigation.
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