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104: 1003: 40: 351:, and was appointed Lecturer in Islamic Art and Archaeology in 1929. In 1932, he was promoted to full professor, becoming the first Sir David Sassoon Professor of Near Eastern Art and Archaeology and served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and as Rector of the university from 1943 to 1945. 373:
and was honorary president of the Israel Oriental Society. He was also elected a member of government Archaeological Council, a member of the Land of Israel Folklore Society, a member of Association of Archaeologists in London and an honorary member of American Heraldry Society.
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In 1917, Mayer finished his studies and began teaching and working as an assistant librarian at the Institute of Oriental. In 1919, he returned to his hometown and started teaching in high school. However, due to the turmoil that followed the
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In the meantime, in 1925, Meyer had joined the first staff of the Institute of Jewish Studies of the
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Israeli scholar of Islamic art and rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1895-1959)
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and was employed in the oriental department of city's state library.
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Annual bibliography of Islamic art and archaeology: India excepted
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Annual bibliography of Islamic art and archaeology :India excepted
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Department of Antiquities of the government of the British Mandate
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Quarterly of The Department of Antiquities in Palestine
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Excavations at the Third Wall of Jerusalem's Old City
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family. In 1913, he went to study Eastern Art at the
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From 1940 to 1950, Mayer served as president of the
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Mayer Institute for Islamic Art 377: 1059:Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 898: 550:Islamic Metalworkers and their works 544:Islamic Astrolabists and their works 383:In 1948, Mayer was made an honorary 503:, Royal Asiatic Society, 1939, 1954 501:Bibliography of Islamic numismatics 242: 13: 1034:Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe) 538:Islamic Architects and their works 443:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 14: 1120: 995: 964:"Islamic Art Museum in Jerusalem" 634:"Arabic Inscriptions of Gaza. 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Stanisławów
Galicia
Austria-Hungary
Jerusalem
Israel
Israel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
OBE
Israel Prize
Islamic art
Archaeology
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
OBE
Hebrew
Islamic art
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Stanisławów
Galicia
Austria-Hungary
Ivano-Frankivsk
hasidic
University of Vienna
University of Lausanne
University of Berlin
Zionist
Hashomer Hatzair
First World War
Poland
West Ukrainian National Republic

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