Baghdad and Isfahan : a dialogue of two cities in an age of science ca. 750-1750 / Elaheh Kheirandish.

Yer Numarası
A.IX/2299
ISBN
9781780768335
9780755635078 (ePDF)
9780755635085 (ebook)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Basım Bildirimi
First published [1. baskı].
Yayın Bilgisi
London : I. B. Tauris, 2021.
Fiziksel Niteleme
xii, 275 sayfa, [17] sayfa resim, soyağacı, tıpkıbasım : resim, soyağacı, tıpkıbasım ; 24 cm
Genel Not
İndeks s. [239]-275.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. [213]-237.
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction: Why This Book? -- What Age of Science? -- Which Baghdad and Isfahan? -- Whose 'Dialogue? -- Chapter Summaries. Chapter Zero: Cast and Stage -- Chapter One: Time and Place -- Chapter Two: Moon and Sun -- Chapter Three: Round and Square -- Chapter Four: Word and Line -- Chapter Five: East and West -- Chapter Six: Old and New -- Chapter Seven: Plan and Chance -- Chart: Names and Dates -- 0. Cast and Stage -- 0.1. An old manuscript with many lives -- 0.2. A young narrator with many gift -- 0.3. An Arab city with a lunar calendar -- 0.4. A Persian city with a solar calendar -- 1. Time and Place. 1001 years (ca. 750-1750): through the lands of 1001 nights -- 1.1. An old manuscript with a special day -- 1.2. A young student with a special year -- 1.3. An Arab city with eastern links -- 1.4. A Persian city with western links -- 2. Moon and sun 500 hundred years (ca. 750-1250 -- 1250-1750) -- 2.1. An old manuscript with gold illuminations -- 2.2. A young viewer with rich inspirations -- 2.3. An Arab city with a growing moon -- 2.4. A Persian city with a glowing sun -- 2.5. An Arab city with a “Westerner” -- 2.6. A Persian city with a 'Falconer' -- 3. Round and square 100 years: A crescent phase (ca. 750-850) -- 3.1. An old manuscript with a microfilm -- 3.2. A young reader with a 'Micromap' -- 3.3. An Arab city with a 'House of Wisdom' -- 3.4. A Persian city with an Ancient Kingdom -- 4. Word and line 200 years: A quarter phase (ca. 850-1050) -- 4.1. An old manuscript with colour scans -- 4.2. A young visitor with secret plans -- 4.3. An Arab city with a 'Critical' Mind -- 4.4. A Persian city left behind -- 5. East and west 300 years: A half phase (ca. 1050-1350) -- 5.1. an old manuscript in a virtual space -- 5.2. A young traveller with paths to trace -- 5.3. An Arab city with a western court -- 5.4. A Persian city with an eastern fort -- 6. Old and new 400 years (ca. 1350-1750): Three-quarter phase -- 6.1. An old manuscript in a digital age -- 6.2. A young curator with a 'Future' stage -- 6.3. An Arab city with a treasure box -- 6.4. A Persian city with a tower clock -- 6.5. An eastern city and an 'End of Time' -- 6.6. A western city with a turn of tides 7 plan and chance 1000 years (ca. 750-1750): Full Phase -- 7.1. An old manuscript in a game of chance -- 7.2. A young player with a change of plans -- 7.3. An Arab city with living traces -- 7.4. A Persian city with lasting places -- Postscript -- Now and Then1 -- Moon and Sun2 -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- General Index -- Plates.