Stefano Carboni

The Wonders of Creation and the Singularities of Painting

A Study of the Ilkhanid London Qazvīnī

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Produktbeschreibung

A beautifully illustrated study of Al-Qazwini's 14th-century illustrated Arabic copy of a cosmographic encyclopedia entitled The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existing Things, and the first-ever translations of the text into English.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 173mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1032g
• ISBN-13: 9781474461399
• ISBN-10: 1474461395
• Artikelnr.: 57574637

Autorenporträt

Stefano Carboni is the Director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Western Australia and Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia. He is author and editor of several books including Glass from Islamic Lands. The Al-Sabah Collection (2001) and Venice and the Islamic World 828-1797 (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface with Acknowledgements
Note to the Reader
Introduction
Part One
1. Al-Qazvini's Text between Scientific and Narrative 'Wonder' Literature
2. The Illustrations of the London Qazvini: General Description
3. Selected Illustrations from the London Qazvini
4. The London Qazvini in Relation to the Edinburgh al-Biruni and the New York Bestiary
5. The Illustrations of the London Qazvini and Related cAja'ib al-makhluqat Manuscripts
Part Two
6. Description of the London Qazvini by Folio
7. Catalogue of the Illustrations of the London Qazvini
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
List of Other Illustrations
General Index.