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Volume XXVII of Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World is now available on Archnet. Muqarnas is a lively forum of discussion among scholars and students in the west and in the Islamic world. Subjects covered in its pages include the history of Islamic art and architecture up to the present, with attention devoted as well to aspects of Islamic culture, history, and learning.

Examples of articles in Volume XXVII include: The Dome of the Rock in Light of the Development of Concentric Martyria in Jerusalem; Alhambra Palace Architecture; and, The Depiction of Ceremonies in Ottoman Miniatures.