The People of the Book

Description:	screenprint. Edition of 24. The ancient Assyrian Lamassu, or guardian deity, was a protector of households and city gates in early Assad, Sumer, Babylonia and other ancient cities that grew out of the fertile Tigris river valley between 2500 and 650 B.C. The Tigris river in Iraq and the territories that encompass the current borders of Iraq are often referred to as, The Cradle of Civilization, where cuneiform writing and the earliest forms of book making first began. These great winged bulls and lions should be a reminder of this cultural legacy and guardians of the origins that spawned the Quran, the Bible and the Torah. In Islamic culture throughout the history of its different Caliphates or successions, there has always existed the concept of Ahl al-Kitab. The people of the book, which offers a space of tolerance for religions that differed from Islam, but still shared origins in a written text that was considered the word of God. This tolerance of all People of the book is in dire need today. Th
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Piazza, Patrick
Contributor(s):	Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition
Publisher:	(San Francisco, CA, USA)
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/AMSSH/id/1355
Collection:	Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	artists book art bookworks prints

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