A world of beasts : a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū' tradition

Publication Data

• Title A world of beasts : a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū' tradition
• Alternative Title Thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Naʿt al-ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshūʿ tradition
• Author Anna Contadini
• Publisher Brill
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Leiden
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Bestiaries :: Arab countries :: History and criticism
• Bestiaries :: History and criticism
• Animals in art
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab
• Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
• 015979836

A world of beasts : a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū' tradition by Anna Contadini. ISBN 9789004201002. Published by Brill in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.