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Hardcover: 300 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press; illustrated edition edition (1 Sep 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0300085044
ISBN-13: 978-0300085044
Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 25.4 x 2.6 cm
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An investigation of the influence of oriental travel and trade on mediaeval Venice and its architecture. Deborah Howard argues that many Venetians gained insight into Islamic culture through personal contacts with their Moslem trading partners.

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