The study of Islamic metalwork as an art and for historic documentation is of fairly recent origin . The first basic work on the subject was the catalogue by Gaston Wiet in 1932 on the metal objects in the Museum of Islamic Art, then known as the Arab Mus
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Thesis (M.S.)-- American University of Beirut. Department of History and Archaeology, 1984.;"ADVISOR: Erica Dodd, Associate Professor, History and Archaeology -- Members of Committee: Yusuf Ibish, Professor, Political Studies and Public Administration
