MAYER, Leo Aryeh.

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Saracenic Heraldry. A Survey. Sole edition of this important monograph on Arabian heraldry. The works provides "a fully documented armorial roll of Saracenic sultans, princes, and knights, designed to meet the frequently expressed wish of students of Muslim archaeology" (p. v). Never superseded, it was and remains "the only authoritative work on the subject" (Obituary, Rice & Hirschberg, Ars Orientalis, IV, 1961).Mayer was born in Galicia in 1895, studied in Vienna, Lausanne and Berlin, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1921 where he was employed in Department of Antiquities. He rose to become Director of Archives, before leaving to become the first Sir David Sassoon Professor of Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1932. From 1943-5 Mayer served as rector of the university, and from 1940 to 1950, he was president of the Israel Exploration Society and was honorary president of the Israel Oriental Society. Mayer died in 1959.

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