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Author Carboni, Stefano, author.

Title The wonders of creation and the singularities of painting : a study of the Ilkhanid London Qazvīnī / Stefano Carboni.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 428 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
Note Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of London, 1992) under the title: Wonders of creation and the singularities of Ilkhanid painting.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-421) and index.
Summary "The subject of this book is the so-called London Qazvīnī, an early 14th-century illustrated Arabic copy of al-Qazvīnī's The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existing Things, which was acquired by the British Library in 1983 (Or. 14140). As is commonly the case for copies of this text, the London Qazvīnī is lavishly illustrated, with 368 extant paintings out of the estimated original ca. 520. Its large format, ambitious illustrative cycle and the fine quality of many of the illustrations suggest that the atelier where it was produced must have been well-established and able to attract craftsmen from different parts of the Ilkhanid area. It also suggests that its patron was wealthy and curious about scientific, encyclopedic and 'ajā'ib literature, and keen to experiment with the illustration of new texts like this work, which had been composed by the author only two or three decades earlier. The only centre that was capable of gathering such artistic influences ranging from Anatolia to Mesopotamia appears to have been Mosul. The London Qazvīnī is an important newly surfaced document for the study of early illustrated Arabic copies of this text, representing the second earliest known surviving manuscript, as well as for the study of Ilkhanid painting. In a single and unique manuscript are gathered earlier Mesopotamian painting traditions, North Jaziran-Seljuq elements, Anatolian inspirations, the latest changes brought about after the advent of the Mongols, and a number of illustrations of extraordinary subjects which escape a proper classification."--Publisher's website
Contents Preface with Acknowledgements; Note to the Reader; Introduction; Part One; 1. Al-Qazvīnī's Text between Scientific and Narrative 'Wonder' Literature; 2. The Illustrations of the London Qazvīnī: General Description; 3. Selected Illustrations from the London Qazvīnī; 4. The London Qazvīnī in Relation to the Edinburgh al-Bīrūnī and the New York Bestiary; 5. The Illustrations of the London Qazvīnī and Related cAja'ib al-makhluqat Manuscripts; Part Two; 6. Description of the London Qazvīnī by Folio; 7. Catalogue of the Illustrations of the London Qazvīnī; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; List of Other Illustrations; General Index.
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Subject Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283. ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt -- Illustrations.
London Qazvīnī -- Illustrations.
British Library.
British Library.
British Library.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ilkhanid.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ilkhanid.
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Arab countries.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Arab countries.
Cosmography -- Early works to 1800.
Cosmography.
Chronological Term Early works to 1800
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Early works.
Illustrated works.
Pictures.
Pictures.
Added Title Study of the Ilkhanid London Qazvīnī
Other Form: Print version: Carboni, Stefano. Wonders of creation and the singularities of painting. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015] 9780748683246 (DLC) 2015487459 (OCoLC)919015993
ISBN 9781474465632 (electronic book)
1474465633 (electronic book)
9780748683246
0748683240