A world of beasts
Subtitle: a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Naʻt al-ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshūʻ tradition
By: by Anna Contadini
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9789004201002
Subjects: Arab Illumination of books and manuscripts; Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts; Illustrations; Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts; Bestiaries; Naʻt al-ḥayawān
Other titles: Thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Naʻt al-ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshūʻ tradition
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.