Rachel Milstein

Doctoral Dissertation :

1. “Religious Painting of the Wailing Derwishes : ‘Tarjome-i Thewaqib’ Pierpont-Morgan Library, Ms. M466.” Thesis Submitted for the degree Doctor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, November 1979. The thesis was written under the supervision of Prof. Myriam Rosen-Ayalon, and was awarded summa cum laude in 1980. It has not been published.

Books :

2.     Islamic Painting in the Israel Museum. (1984)  220 pages. The Israel

Museum, Jerusalem.

3. . Miniature Painting in Ottoman Baghdad. (1990) 132 pages + plates, Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa.

4.  , K. Rührdanz and B. Schmitz,  Stories of the Prophets - an Illustrated Group of Qisas al-Anbiya . (1999), 248 pages + illustrations, Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa.

5.  Khotam Shlomo - Khatam Suleiman. (1995) 154 pages, The Tower of David, Jerusalem (in Hebrew).

6.  La Bible et la Miniature Islamique. (2005) 155 pp. + illustrations, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris.

Chapters in Collectios :

7.  , “Sufi Elements in the Late Fifteenth Century Herat style.” (1977), pp. 356-70. In Studies in Memory of Gaston Wiet, ed. M. Rosen-Ayalon, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

8.  , “Light, Fire and the Sun in Islamic painting.” (1986), pp. 533-52. In Studies in Islamic History and Civilization in Honour of Professor David Ayalon, ed. M. Sharon, Jerusalem, The Hebrew University.

9.  , “Indian Jewelry According to an Illustrated A’in-i Akbari.” (1990), pp. 105-12. In Interenational Colloquium on Jewelry in Memory of Paul Ballog, 1987, ed. N. Brosh, Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

10. , “Stories of the Prophets and their illustration in Islamic Mysticism.” (1991), pp. 19-42. In N. Brosh, Biblical Stories in Islamic Painting, Israel Musem, Jerusalem.

11. , “Drawings of the Haram of Jerusalem in Ottoman manuscripts.” (1994), pp. 62-69. In Scripta Hierosolymitana, XXXV: Aspects of Ottoman History, ed. Amy Singer and Amnon Cohen, The Magnes Press, Jerusalem.

12. , “From South India to the Ottoman Empire - Passages in 16th Century Miniatures Painting.” (1995), pp. 497-506. In 9th IInternational Congress of Turkish Art, Istanbul, 1991, Vol. II,Istanbul.

13. , “L’image du Temple de Salomon dans les manuscrits musulmanes illustrés.” (1997) pp. 105-111. In Voir Jérusalem  - pèlerins, conquérants, voyageurs, ed. Béatrice Philippe, Paris.

14. , “Hebrew Book Illumination in the Fatimid Era.” (1999), pp. 429-40.  In L’Egypt Fatimide: son art et son histoire, ed. Marianne Barrucand,  the proccedings of the colloquium in Paris, 28th - 30th May, 1998, Press de l’Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Paris.

15. Aksoy, Sule and Rachel Milstein, “A Collection of Thirteenth-Century Illustrated Hajj Certificates.” (2000), pp. 101-34. In M. Ugur Derman 65th Birthday Festschrift,  ed. Irvin Cemil Schick, Sabanci University, Istanbul.

16. , “The Intercultural Language of the Earliest Bible Illuminations.” (2002), pp. 413-442. In Olamot Shezurim,  a memorial volume to Hava Lazarus Yaffe, Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem (in Hebrew).

17. , “Mapping the sacred in Sixteenth Century Illustrated Manuscripts of  Futuh al-Haramayn.” (2006), pp. 166-194. In Mamluk and Ottoman Studies in Honour of Michael Winter, eds. David J. Wasserstein and Ami Ayalon, Routhledge , London and New York.

Articles :

18. . (1986-87). “The Iconography of Moses in Islamic  art.” Jewish Art 12-13: 199-212.

19. . (1987). “Nimrod, Joseph and Jonah. Minatures from Ottoman Baghdad.” Bulletin of the Asia Institute, N.S. I : 123-38.

20. . (1988-89). “A Hoard of Early Arab Figurative coins.”  Israel Numismatic Journal  10 : 3-26.

21. . (1994).“The Battle between Good and Evil in Islamic Painting.” Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam  18 : 198-216.

22.  . (1997). “Islamic Paintings of Biblical Prophets: A Case of Syncretism.” Padyavand  II : 63-79.

23.  . (1997). “Francis Robinson, ed., The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World.” (review article) Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam  21 : 223-29

24.    (1999). “Gülrü Negipoglu, The Topkapi Scroll - Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture. Topkapi Palace Museum Library MS H. 1956.” (review article)  Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam  23 : 361-66.

25.  . (1999). “The Evolution of a Visual Motif: the Temple and the Ka‘ba,” Israel Oriental Studies  XIX : 23-48.

26.  . (2001).“Kitab Shawq Nameh, an Illustrated Guide to Holy Arabia.” Jerusalem Studies of Arabic and Islam  25 : 275-345.

27.  . (2004). “Arend Bandsma and Robin Brandt, Flatweaves of Turkey.” (review article) Turkish Studies  5 : 124-126.

Entries in Encyclopedia –

28.  , “Al-shams in art.” (1996). Encyclopedia of Islam 2 ^nd, Brill, Leiden.

29.  . (2004). “Ottoman Art and Architecture.” in Encyclopedia of Medieval History , Princeton University Press, Princeton.

30. . (2006).  “Israel : Persian Art Collections.” Encyclopedia Iranica, New York University, New York. (accepted for publication).