Islamic Annals 51. Wonders, Geography and Natural Sciences in the Medieval Near East. AnIsl 51.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 21685 |
| Format | 20.5 x 28 |
| Détails | 336 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724707380 |
Volume 51 of the Annales islamologiques includes, like the previous ones, a dossier and miscellaneous articles. The dossier, entitled "Wonders, Geography and Natural Sciences in the Medieval Near East," was coordinated by Jean-Charles Ducène. Its introduction and six articles explore the theme of "wonders in medieval Arabic literature," with varied approaches to iconography, subjects (flora, fauna), and specific authors. They emphasize the importance of the classical, Greco-Roman heritage in the identification and description of prodigious beings or phenomena, and explore the fine line between scholarly geography and sensationalism, between scientific prudence and credulity. Six miscellaneous articles, in French and Arabic, follow the thematic dossier. Three of them are related to archaeology, and deal respectively with the first French excavations in Samarra, the Abbasid capital in the 9th century, ceramics in the Mediterranean in the 10th-12th centuries, and Ethiopian Islam around the 14th century. Two history articles, in Arabic, evoke the Maghrebi traders on the routes to India and China in the Middle Ages, and the Orthodox Christians in Egypt in the 17th century. A study of Arabic lexicography on the term equivalent to "dictation" completes this collection representative of the variety of the journal's centers of interest.
Volume 51 of the Annales islamologiques includes, like the previous ones, a dossier and miscellaneous articles. The dossier, entitled "Wonders, Geography and Natural Sciences in the Medieval Near East," was coordinated by Jean-Charles Ducène. Its introduction and six articles explore the theme of "wonders in medieval Arabic literature," with varied approaches to iconography, subjects (flora, fauna), and specific authors. They emphasize the importance of the classical, Greco-Roman heritage in the identification and description of prodigious beings or phenomena, and explore the fine line between scholarly geography and sensationalism, between scientific prudence and credulity. Six miscellaneous articles, in French and Arabic, follow the thematic dossier. Three of them are related to archaeology, and deal respectively with the first French excavations in Samarra, the Abbasid capital in the 9th century, ceramics in the Mediterranean in the 10th-12th centuries, and Ethiopian Islam around the 14th century. Two history articles, in Arabic, evoke the Maghrebi traders on the routes to India and China in the Middle Ages, and the Orthodox Christians in Egypt in the 17th century. A study of Arabic lexicography on the term equivalent to "dictation" completes this collection representative of the variety of the journal's centers of interest.