9780197276105 - science, tools & magic: pt. 1 & 2 di nasser d. khalili collection of islamic art; savage-smith, emilie; pinder-wilson, ralph h.; stanley, tim; maddison, francis (2 risultati)
Science, Tools & Magic, Part One: Body and Spirit, Mapping the Universe, Part Two: Mundane Worlds (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume XII)
Emilie Savage-Smith with contributions by Francis Maddison, Ralph Pinder-Wilson and Tim Stanley
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Oxford ; New York : The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1997
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Da: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Regno UnitoJoseph Burridge Books
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. 2 volume set in blue cloth slip-case. 439 pages fully illustrated in colour, numerous line drawings section on documentary inscriptions with translations hardback with dust jacket (slipcased) 36 x 26 cm. 'This two-part volume contains a large and important group of objects and manuscript…s that may be broadly categorised as scientific instruments, tools or magical implements. Many objects of this kind have never before been systematically catalogued, and this volume brings together much information previously scattered to present a corpus of material for future comparative study. The astronomical instruments are those primarily connected with the fundamental concerns of Islamic astronomy determining the times of prayer and the direction of Mecca and the teaching and practice of cosmology and astrology. The Collection includes important individual pieces, among them a fine celestial globe made in 1285 6 and a unique Judeo-Arabic astrolabe of c. 1300. Another 218 entries include medical manuscripts, magic bowls, amulets and other magical or geomantic devices that reflect different aspects of medieval Islamic medical care, while a group of mortars, a selection from the large collection of locks, and miscellaneous tools such as scissors, scales and weights, complete this survey of objects which embody the varied preoccupations of Islamic culture. The information presented includes a ground-breaking study of leather workers in medieval Iran.'.
Altre immaginiEditore: London: The Nour Foundation in Association with Azimuth Editions & Oxford University Press, 1997
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Da: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Regno UnitoBookLovers of Bath
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Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Condition Notes: Slip Case also in Near Fine condition; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 5.4kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . Within the UK I will request £15.00 to send it along ParcelForce. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback in Slip Case. Dust… wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 14¾" x 10½" (5.4 kg); pp 278/292-439; Index; In the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art series; Number 12 in the series. Includes: Colour photographs, within the text with most full page; Tables; Colour frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #198664 || Hardback in Slip Case in Dust Wrapper.
