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Wonders and Rarities : The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zadeh, Travis (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, > approximately 1203-1283. > ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt.
Geography, Arab > History.
Cosmography > History.
Natural history > History.
Curiosities and wonders.
Science, Medieval.
Age of Discovery.
Avicenna.
Copernicus.
Cosmology.
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.
Galen.
Ghazali.
Hadith.
Heliocentricism.
History of science.
Ibn Sina.
Ikhanids.
Latin Christiadom.
Mamluks.
Middle East.
Mughals.
Occult sciences.
Orientalism.
Ottomans.
Quran.
Sex Magic.
alchemy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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