Sphero-conical Vessels _ Journal of Islamic Archaeology _ Special issue

Journal of Islamic Archaeology Special Issue Sphero-conical Vessels Guest Editor Stéphane Pradines

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Volume 3, Number 2  December 2016

Contents Introduction

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The Sphero-conical Vessel: A Difficult Interpretation between Historical Sources and Archaeology Stéphane Pradines Articles Medieval Islamic Fire Grenades: Further Evidence from a Military Context

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David Nicolle A Note on “Grenades” as Fire-Starter Flasks

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Donald Whitcomb Note on a Use of Sphero-conical Vessels in Mamluk Era Damascus

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Elodie Vigouroux Sphero-conical Vessels from the Ayyubid Wall in Cairo: A Typology (11th-15th c.) Julie Monchamp

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Sphero-conical Vessels from Baalbek: A Diverse and Challenging Collection

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Valentina Vezzoli A Late Military Use of the Sphero-conical in the 19th Century Sudan Stéphane Pradines

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Book Reviews Recherches archéologiques à Adoulis (Érythrée), by F. Anfray and C. Zazzaro

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Reviewed by Tim Insoll

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iv Contents Qurʾans of the Umayyads: A First Overview, by François Déroche

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Reviewed by Sarah Bowen Savant Fustat I under the direction of Roland-Pierre Gayraud Bone Carvings from FustatIstab ʿAntar. Excavations of the Institut français d’archéologie orientale in Cairo (1985-2003), by Elzbieta Rodziewicz Reviewed by Myriam Wissa

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Persian Archery and Swordsmanship: Historical Martial Arts of Iran, by Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani Reviewed by Denys Toichkin

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The Culture of Letter-Writing in Pre-modern Islamic Society, by Adrian Gully Reviewed by Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya

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Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime’s Passion, by Robert Hales Reviewed by Bede Dwyer

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The Medieval Nile: Route, Navigation and Landscape in Islamic Egypt, by John Cooper Reviewed by Stéphane Pradines

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The Archaeology of Medieval Spain 1100–1500, edited by Magdalena Valor and Avelino Guitiérrez Reviewed by Rebecca Bridgman

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A Crusader, Ottoman, and Early Modern Aegean Archaeology: Built Environment and Domestic Material Culture in the Medieval and Post-Medieval Cyclades, Greece (13th–20th Century AD), by Athanasios K. Vionis Reviewed by George Manginis

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Note Chinese Ware in Islamic Tiberias David Stacey

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In Memorium Juan Zozaya Stabel-Hansen

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Manuel Retuerce Velasco, translated into English by Jose Carvajal Lopez

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