SCIENCE, TOOLS AND MAGIC: Part One: Body and Spirit, Mapping the Universe. Part Two: Mundane Worlds (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL XII) - Hardcover
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The Nasser D. Khalili Collection contains an enormous number of historically important objects relating to the fields of Islamic science in astrology, astronomy, medicine, and magic. This volume brings all these subjects together, and provides fascinating insight into the traditions and innovations of scholars and scientists in Islamic cultures. An intriguing and beautiful array of instruments and artefacts are presented here, accompanied by complete descriptions and authoritative essays.
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..".this lavish production includes many beautiful objects and manuscripts beyond the astrolabes, globes, and quadrants....It is wonderful to have a work whose quality of images is equalled by the excellence of its scholarship."--Owen Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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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)
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Hardcover. Condition: 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 manuscripts 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.'. Seller Inventory # 24jbew601
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Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # 198664
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