LEADER 04603nam 2200553 450 001 9910813752103321 005 20200618154956.0 010 $a1-4744-6563-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474465632 035 $a(CKB)4100000010673535 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6141474 035 $a(DE-B1597)615862 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474465632 035 $a(OCoLC)1306541528 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010673535 100 $a20200618d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe wonders of creation and the singularities of painting $ea study of the Ilkhanid London Qazvi?ni? /$fStefano Carboni 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 428 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aEdinburgh studies in Islamic art 311 $a1-4744-6139-5 311 $a0-7486-8324-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 400-421) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures -- $tSeries Editor?s Foreword -- $tPreface and Acknowledgements -- $tNote to the Reader -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART ONE -- $tCHAPTER ONE Al-Qazv?n??s Illustrated Text between Scientific and Narrative Literature -- $tCHAPTER TWO The Illustrations of the London Qazv?n?: General Description -- $tCHAPTER THREE Selected Illustrations from the London Qazv?n? -- $tCHAPTER FOUR The London Qazv?n? in Relation to the Edinburgh al-B?r?n? and the New York Bestiary -- $tCHAPTER FIVE The Illustrations of the London Qazv?n? and Related ?Aja'ib al-makhl?q?t Manuscripts -- $tPART TWO -- $tDescription of the London Qazv?n? by Folio -- $tCatalogue of the Illustrations of the London Qazv?n? -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aA beautifully illustrated study of Al-Qazwini's 'Wonders of Creation' and the first-ever translations of the text into EnglishThe subject of this book is the so-called London Qazv?n?, an early 14th-century illustrated Arabic copy of al-Qazv?n??s The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existing Things, which was acquired by the British Library in 1983 (Or. 14140). As is commonly the case for copies of this text, the London Qazv?n? is lavishly illustrated, with 368 extant paintings out of the estimated original ca. 520.Its large format, ambitious illustrative cycle and the fine quality of many of the illustrations suggest that the atelier where it was produced must have been well-established and able to attract craftsmen from different parts of the Ilkhanid area. It also suggests that its patron was wealthy and curious about scientific, encyclopedic and 'aj??ib literature, and keen to experiment with the illustration of new texts like this work, which had been composed by the author only two or three decades earlier. The only centre that was capable of gathering such artistic influences ranging from Anatolia to Mesopotamia appears to have been Mosul.The London Qazv?n? is an important newly surfaced document for the study of early illustrated Arabic copies of this text, representing the second earliest known surviving manuscript, as well as for the study of Ilkhanid painting. In a single and unique manuscript are gathered earlier Mesopotamian painting traditions, North Jaziran-Seljuq elements, Anatolian inspirations, the latest changes brought about after the advent of the Mongols, and a number of illustrations of extraordinary subjects which escape a proper classification.Key FeaturesOffers a stylistic analysis and discussion of the manuscript's miniatures Includes the first ever translations of sections of the 'Wonders of Creation' into English Beautifully illustrated with over 400 colour images 410 0$aEdinburgh studies in Islamic art. 606 $aIslamic illumination of books and manuscripts 606 $aIllumination of books and manuscripts, Ilkhanid 606 $aIllumination of books and manuscripts$zArab countries 606 $aCosmography$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aIslamic illumination of books and manuscripts. 615 0$aIllumination of books and manuscripts, Ilkhanid. 615 0$aIllumination of books and manuscripts 615 0$aCosmography 676 $a709.5509022 700 $aCarboni$b Stefano$0672013 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813752103321 996 $aThe wonders of creation and the singularities of painting$94097778 997 $aUNINA