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Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad Nuwayrī (1279–1333)

Auteur van The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World

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Geboortedatum
1279
Overlijdensdatum
1333
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Egypt

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First, thanks to Elias Muhanna for convincing a trade press to publish this. It's great fun: selections from a fourteenth century Egyptian 'encyclopaedia.' There are great stories, weird facts, and our translator/edtior does some good imitations of rhythmical/rhymed prose.

I would say, for the next edition, this reader would prefer more pages from the history and the metaphysics, and rather fewer pages about plants. But I guess the reading public demands science, or nature, or something. Screw that. Give me angels and sultans.… (meer)
 
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stillatim | 1 andere bespreking | Oct 23, 2020 |
This is the sort of book that gives a real insight to the Medieval mind. A cabinet of curiosities that illustrates the human penchant for creating certainty out of ignorance. One either loves this type of compendium or finds it tedious. I am firmly in the former camp.
 
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