RT Article T1 Archaeology and acrimony: Gertrude Bell, Ernst Herzfeld and the study of pre-modern Mesopotamia JF Iraq VO 75 SP 143 OP 169 A1 Cooper, Lisa 1963- LA English PB Cambridge Univ. Press YR 2013 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1698877323 AB Letters sent from the German scholar Ernst Herzfeld to Gertrude Bell between 1909 and 1912 provide valuable information about the scholarship of these remarkable characters as they explored issues pertaining to the development of early Islamic art and architecture in Mesopotamia. Through a spirited and often fractious exchange of ideas about a range of artistic and architectural topics that included vaulting techniques, the design of early mosques and palace forms, one can track the impact each had upon the other's scholarship, and the degree to which their respective views shaped one another's conclusions about important Islamic period sites such as Samarra and Ukhaidir. K1 Mosques K1 Bells K1 Bricks K1 Academic libraries K1 Monuments K1 Excavations K1 Special collections K1 Islamic Architecture K1 Letters of support DO 10.1017/S0021088900000449