The world in a book : Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic encyclopedic tradition
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018].
ISBN
9780691175560, 069117556X, 9780691191454, 069119145X
Physical Desc
xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction - Public Shelving
030.927 MUH
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030.927 MUH
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Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780691175560, 069117556X, 9780691191454, 069119145X
UPC
14241947
Notes
General Note
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)-- Harvard University, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-208) and index.
Description
Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri was a fourteenth-century Egyptian polymath and the author of one of the greatest encyclopedias of the medieval Islamic world-a thirty-one-volume work entitled The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition. A storehouse of knowledge, this enormous book brought together materials on nearly every conceivable subject, from cosmology, zoology, and botany to philosophy, poetry, ethics, statecraft, and history. Composed in Cairo during the golden age of Islamic encyclopedic activity, the Ultimate Ambition was one of hundreds of large-scale compendia, literary anthologies, dictionaries, and chronicles produced at this time-an effort that was instrumental in organizing the archive of medieval Islamic thought. In the first study of this landmark work in a European language, Elias Muhanna explores its structure and contents, sources and influences, and reception and impact in the Islamic world and Europe. He sheds new light on the rise of encyclopedic literature in the learned cities of the Mamluk Empire and situates this intellectual movement alongside other encyclopedic traditions in the ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment periods. He also uncovers al-Nuwayri's world: a scene of bustling colleges, imperial chanceries, crowded libraries, and religious politics. Based on award-winning scholarship, The World in a Book opens up new areas in the comparative study of encyclopedic production and the transmission of knowledge.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Muhanna, E. (2018). The world in a book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic encyclopedic tradition . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Muhanna, Elias. 2018. The World in a Book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Muhanna, Elias. The World in a Book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition Princeton University Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Muhanna, Elias. The World in a Book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition Princeton University Press, 2018.
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