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Wonders and rarities : the marvelous book that traveled the world and mapped the cosmos / Travis Zadeh.

The astonishing biography of one of the world's most influential books.During the thirteenth century, the Persian naturalist and judge Zakariyyāʼ Qazwīnī authored what became one of the most influential works of natural history in the world: Wonders and Rarities. Exploring the dazzling movement...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Zadeh, Travis E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, > approximately 1203-1283. > ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt.
Geography, Arab > History.
Cosmography > History.
Natural history > History.
Curiosities and wonders.
Science, Medieval.
ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad)
Cosmography.
Geography, Arab.
Natural history.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on Conventions
  • Introduction: Wonder's End
  • I. A world within words
  • 1 Stranger Lands
  • 2 Measures of Authority
  • 3 Astral Power
  • II. Wonders to behold
  • 4 Cosmic Order
  • 5 Terrestrial Designs
  • 6 Alchemical Bodies
  • III. Distant shores
  • 7 Long Divided
  • 8 Across the Globe
  • 9 On the Edge
  • Coda: Acts of Enchantment
  • Note on Sources and Method
  • Sigla and Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index.

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