A world of beasts a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū' tradition
Introduction: image and (con)text -- The manuscript -- Text and sources -- The frontispieces and other human figures -- The animals of the Na't -- Composition, iconography and style -- Date and provenance -- Patronage and milieu.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Leiden u.a.
Brill
2012
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Naʻt al-ḥayawān
> Naʿt al-ḥayawān
> Illustrations
> Bestiaries
> History and criticism
> Animals in art
> Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab
> Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
> Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
> Arab countries
> Islamic countries
> Arabisch
> Buchmalerei
> Tiere
> Geschichte 1200-1300
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: image and (con)text -- The manuscript -- Text and sources -- The frontispieces and other human figures -- The animals of the Na't -- Composition, iconography and style -- Date and provenance -- Patronage and milieu. "The Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān is the earliest of a group of illustrated manuscripts dealing with the characteristics of animals and their medicinal uses. The present study considers both the confluence of textual traditions within this work and the stylistic and iconographic relationships of its illustrations, which make it a key witness to early thirteenth-century Arab painting. After a re-evaluation of previous approaches, emphasis is placed on relating image to text, on stylistic affiliations, and on the modalities of production, supported by technical analyses undertaken for the first time. In elucidating the particular context of this unique manuscript, the study contributes to our understanding of a critical period in the development of Middle Eastern painting and art."--Publisher's website "The Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān is the earliest of a group of illustrated manuscripts dealing with the characteristics of animals and their medicinal uses. The present study considers both the confluence of textual traditions within this work and the stylistic and iconographic relationships of its illustrations, which make it a key witness to early thirteenth-century Arab painting. After a re-evaluation of previous approaches, emphasis is placed on relating image to text, on stylistic affiliations, and on the modalities of production, supported by technical analyses undertaken for the first time. In elucidating the particular context of this unique manuscript, the study contributes to our understanding of a critical period in the development of Middle Eastern painting and art."--Publisher's website |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 209 S. zahlr. Ill. 30 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789004201002 978-90-04-20100-2 |