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UNINA9910826977303321 |
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Autore |
Contadini Anna |
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Titolo |
A world of beasts : a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitab Na't al-Hayawan) in the Ibn Bakhtishu' tradition / / by Anna Contadini |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-33487-9 |
9786613334879 |
90-04-22265-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab |
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - Arab countries |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - Islamic countries |
Bestiaries - Arab countries |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- I Introduction: Image and (Con)text -- II The Manuscript -- III Text and Sources -- IV The Frontispieces and Other Human Figures -- V The Animals of the Naʿt -- VI Composition, Iconography and Style -- VII Date and Provenance -- VIII Patronage and Milieu -- Appendix One Analyses of Colours, Ink and Gold -- Appendix Two List of Illustrations -- Appendix Three Selected List of Illuminated and Illustrated Manuscripts Cited -- Colour Plates Catalogue of the Paintings of the Kitāb Naʿt al-Ḥayawān -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Kitāb Naʿt 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 |
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