The Wonders of Creation and the Singularities of Painting: A Study of the Ilkhanid London Qazvīnī

by Stefano Carboni

Book Overview

The subject of this book is the so-called London Qazvīnī, an early 14th-century illustrated Arabic copy of al-Qazvīnī's The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existing Things, which was acquired by the British Library in 1983 (Or. 14140). As is commonly the case for copies of this text, the London Qazvīnī is lavishly illustrated, with 368 extant paintings out of the estimated original ca. 520.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474461395
• ISBN13: 9781474461399
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"