An Eleventh-Century Egyptian Guide to the Universe

The Book of Curiosities, Edited with an Annotated Translation
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25564-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 87, 792 Seiten, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 2359 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

Acquired by the Bodleian Library in 2002, the Book of Curiosities is now recognized as one of the most important discoveries in the history of cartography in recent decades. This eleventh-century Arabic treatise, composed in Egypt under the Fatimid caliphs, is a detailed account of the heavens and the Earth, illustrated by an unparalleled series of maps and astronomical diagrams. With topics ranging from comets to the island of Sicily, from lunar mansions to the sources of the Nile, it represents the extent of geographical, astronomical and astrological knowledge of the time. This authoritative edition and translation, accompanied by a colour facsimile reproduction, opens a unique window onto the worldview of medieval Islam.

An extensive glossary of star-names and seven indices, on birds, animals and other items have been added for easy reference.

Zielgruppe

The volume will be of great interest to historians of cartography, historians of astronomy/astrology, historians of Islamic science, and scholars concerned with travel, trade and contacts between Islam and Byzantium, India and Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Savage-Smith, Emilie

Rapoport, Yossef

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Geschichte der Astronomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Über Autor(innen)

Emilie Savage-Smith, FBA, Ph.D. (1969), is Professor of the History of Islamic Science, University of Oxford. Recent publications include A New Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Volume I: Medicine (Oxford University Press, 2012).

Yossef Rapoport, Ph.D. (2002), is Senior Lecturer in History, Queen Mary University of London. He has published widely on medieval Islam, including Marriage, Money and Divorce in Medieval Islamic Society (Cambridge, 2005).