1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392846103316

Autore

Ricraft Josiah <fl. 1645-1679.>

Titolo

A perfect table of two hundred ninety nine victories obtained since the Kings attempt to enter into Hull at the beginning of these wars, July 26. 1642 [[electronic resource] ] : to the taking of Oxford and Farringdon in June last, 1646. obtained by their Excellencies the Earl of Essex, and Sir Thomas Fairfax, Captains Generals of the Parliaments Forces

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for William Ley, and are to be sold at his Shop at Pauls-Chain, neer Doctors Commons, Iuly 6. 1646

Descrizione fisica

2 p. : ill

Soggetti

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Campaigns Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

With engraved equestrian portraits of Robert, Earl of Essex, and Thomas Fairfax.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780594703321

Autore

Sumi Akiko Motoyoshi

Titolo

Description in classical Arabic poetry : waṣf, ekphrasis, and interarts theory / / Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2003

ISBN

1-280-46713-4

9786610467136

1-4175-1047-1

90-474-0187-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Disciplina

892.7/1009

Soggetti

Arabic poetry - History and criticism

Ekphrasis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter One: Contest as Ceremony: A Pre-Islamic Poetic Contest in Horse Description of Imru' al-Qays vs. 'Alqamahal-Fahl; Chapter Two: Remedy and Resolution: Bees and Honey-Gathering in Two Hudhalī Odes; Chapter Three: Reality and Reverie: Wine and Ekphrasis in the 'Abbāsid Poetry of Abu Nuwās and al-Buhturī; Chapter Four: Sensibility and Synaesthesia: Ibn al-Rumī's Singing Slave-Girl; Chapter Five: Poetry and Portraiture: A Double Portrait in a Panegyric; Conclusion; Appendix of Arabic Texts; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work deals with ""wasf"" or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the ""qasidah"" (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. It examines descriptive passages in a selected group of Arabic ""qasidah"" from different ages, with the motifs of horses, and bees and honey-gathering.