Lost maps of the caliphs : drawing the world in eleventh-century Cairo / Yossef Rapoport, Emilie Savage-Smith.
Language: English Publication details: Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2018.Description: 349 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781851244911
- 523.108992762 Q8
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| 523.1 P4 Rta : | 523.1 R0 Cosmology's century : | 523.1 R4 Mysteries of the universe : | 523.108992762 Q8 Lost maps of the caliphs : | 526.09 Q8 Trading territories : | 530 Q8 Conjuring the universe : | 530.01 Q9 The universe speaks in numbers : |
About a millennium ago, in Cairo, an unknown author completed a large and richly illustrated book. In the course of 35 chapters, this text guided the reader on a journey from the outermost cosmos and planets to Earth and its lands, islands, features, and inhabitants. This treatise, known as 'The Book of Curiosities', was unknown to modern scholars until a remarkable manuscript copy surfaced in 2000. 'Lost Maps of the Caliphs' provides a general overview of 'The Book of Curiosities' and the unique insight it offers into medieval Islamic thought.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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