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The orange tree, the coconut palm, and the Syrian Christ-thorn

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Description: The orange tree, the coconut palm, and the Syrian Christ-thorn
TitleThe orange tree, the coconut palm, and the Syrian Christ-thorn
Creator nameal-Qazwini, Zakariya'
Creator nationality/culturePersian
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1300–1325
Object typeBook/Manuscript
MaterialsUnknown
LocationMuseum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
Accession numberMSS 647
SubjectsIslamic illumination of books and manuscriptsPlants in artNatural history illustration
StatusThe Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence, fol. 15b; Mamluk Syria or Egypt
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Epilogue
Persis Berlekamp
Description: Wonder, Image, and Cosmos in Medieval Islam
Wonder, Image, and Cosmos in Medieval Islam
In both form and purpose, the composite images which constituted visual ingredients for talismans in Sultan Ahmad’s 1388 Tusi manuscript differed significantly from those suggestive of Platonic Forms in Qazwini’s 1280 manuscript...
Author
Persis Berlekamp
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2011 by Persis Berlekamp
Related print edition pages: pp.151-178
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21567&redirecttoanchor=68715
Chapter subject tags:Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283Islamic illumination of books and manuscriptsLiterature, Medieval--TranslationsChinese influencesCuriosities and wonders in art

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