| Description |
xii, 209 pages, 56 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 30 cm |
| ISBN |
9789004201002 hardback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-192) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: image and (con)text -- The manuscript -- Text and sources -- The frontispieces and other human figures -- The animals of the Na't -- Composition, iconography and style -- Date and provenance -- Patronage and milieu. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Library Class |
Bibliog B161:62.3
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| Subject |
Naʻt al-ḥayawān -- Illustrations.
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Bestiaries -- Arab countries -- History and criticism.
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Bestiaries -- History and criticism.
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Animals in art.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab.
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Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Arab countries.
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| Alt Title |
Thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Naʻt al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshūʻ tradition
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