The Book Of Curiosities
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An Eleventh Century Egyptian Guide To The Universe
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2013-10-28
An Eleventh Century Egyptian Guide To The Universe written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with History categories.
Acquired by the Bodleian Library in 2002, the Book of Curiosities is now recognized as one of the most important discoveries in the history of cartography in recent decades. This eleventh-century Arabic treatise, composed in Egypt under the Fatimid caliphs, is a detailed account of the heavens and the Earth, illustrated by an unparalleled series of maps and astronomical diagrams. With topics ranging from comets to the island of Sicily, from lunar mansions to the sources of the Nile, it represents the extent of geographical, astronomical and astrological knowledge of the time. This authoritative edition and translation, accompanied by a colour facsimile reproduction, opens a unique window onto the worldview of medieval Islam. An extensive glossary of star-names and seven indices, on birds, animals and other items have been added for easy reference.
The Book Of Curiosities
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Author : I. Platts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1822
The Book Of Curiosities written by I. Platts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1822 with categories.
The Book Of Curiosities
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Author : John Platts
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-02
The Book Of Curiosities written by John Platts and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-02 with Fiction categories.
"The Book of Curiosities" by John Platts is an encyclopedia and dictionary containing ten thousand wonders and curiosities of nature and art, remarkable astonishing places, beings, customs, experiments, animals, phenomena, of both Ancient and Modern Times, in all parts of the globe. Excerpt: "We shall now introduce to our readers some Ancient and Modern Opinions respecting the Hair. The ancients held the hair a sort of excrement, fed only with excrementitious matters, and no proper part of a living body. They supposed it generated of the fuliginous parts of the blood, exhaled by the heat of the body to the surface, and then condensed in passing through the pores. Their chief reasons were, that the hair being cut, will grow again, even in extreme old age, and when life is very low; that in hectic and consumptive people, where the rest of the body is continually emaciating, the hair thrives; nay, that it will even grow again in dead carcases."
The Book Of Curiosities
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Author : John Platts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
The Book Of Curiosities written by John Platts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.
Lost Maps Of The Caliphs
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Author : Yossef Rapoport
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-12-11
Lost Maps Of The Caliphs written by Yossef Rapoport and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-11 with History categories.
About a millennium ago, in Cairo, an unknown author completed a large and richly illustrated book. In the course of thirty-five chapters, this book guided the reader on a journey from the outermost cosmos and planets to Earth and its lands, islands, features, and inhabitants. This treatise, known as The Book of Curiosities, was unknown to modern scholars until a remarkable manuscript copy surfaced in 2000. Lost Maps of the Caliphs provides the first general overview of The Book of Curiosities and the unique insight it offers into medieval Islamic thought. Opening with an account of the remarkable discovery of the manuscript and its purchase by the Bodleian Library, the authors use The Book of Curiosities to re-evaluate the development of astrology, geography, and cartography in the first four centuries of Islam. Their account assesses the transmission of Late Antique geography to the Islamic world, unearths the logic behind abstract maritime diagrams, and considers the palaces and walls that dominate medieval Islamic plans of towns and ports. Early astronomical maps and drawings demonstrate the medieval understanding of the structure of the cosmos and illustrate the pervasive assumption that almost any visible celestial event had an effect upon life on Earth. Lost Maps of the Caliphs also reconsiders the history of global communication networks at the turn of the previous millennium. It shows the Fatimid Empire, and its capital Cairo, as a global maritime power, with tentacles spanning from the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus Valley and the East African coast. As Lost Maps of the Caliphs makes clear, not only is The Book of Curiosities one of the greatest achievements of medieval mapmaking, it is also a remarkable contribution to the story of Islamic civilization that opens an unexpected window to the medieval Islamic view of the world.
The Cabinet Of Curiosities
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Author : Douglas Preston
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-18
The Cabinet Of Curiosities written by Douglas Preston and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with Fiction categories.
In downtown Manhattan, workers on a construction site breach a long-forgotten basement, unearthing a charnel house: thirty-six bodies, systematically dismembered and carefully immured at least 130 years ago. It's just the kind of case to intrigue the unorthodox and enigmatic FBI agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast. But he's not the only interested party. Soon after the bodies are discovered a killer strikes. Their victim's corpse bears the same precise mutilations as the bodies in the basement. The nightmare has begun. Again. 'Fast-moving, sophisticated and bursting with surprises... There's nothing else like them' WASHINGTON POST. 'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' DAVID BALDACCI.
Medieval Views Of The Cosmos
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Author : Evelyn Edson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Medieval Views Of The Cosmos written by Evelyn Edson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The medieval view of the wider world around them and their portrayal of it in maps, charts, illuminations and paintings had very little to do geography. This beautifully illustrated volume examines and celebrates the medieval vision of the cosmos as a strictly hierarchial and heavenly sequence of spheres, and of a world, protected by a sky filled with an elaborate array of constellations, with Jerusalem in the centre and mythical beasts on the edge. The scholarly and very accessible discussion is accompanied by many colour illustrations of Christian and Islamic works of art and science, mostly dating from the 12th century to the revolutionary ideas of the 16th. The foreword is by Terry Jones.
The Book Of Curiosities
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Author : I. Platts
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-07-03
The Book Of Curiosities written by I. Platts and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-03 with Reference categories.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Breverton S Nautical Curiosities
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Author : Terry Breverton
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-09-20
Breverton S Nautical Curiosities written by Terry Breverton and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-20 with History categories.
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary. Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist. And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the Monitor, the Confederacy might have won the American Civil War. Readers will be stimulated to read more about the remarkable men - explorers, admirals and trawlermen - who have shaped our world. The sea has had a remarkable effect upon our language. We hear the terms 'steer clear of', 'hit the deck', 'don't rock the boat', 'to harbour a grudge' and the like, and give little thought to them. In the pages of this book, the reader will find the origin of 'bumpkin', a 'brace of shakes', 'born with a silver spoon', 'booby prize', 'to take on board', 'above board', 'bombed' (in the sense of being drunk), the 'blues', 'blind-side', 'blind drunk', 'the pot calling the kettle black', 'reach the bitter end', 'wasters', 'ahoy', 'all at sea', 'to keep aloof', 'piss-artist', 'taken aback', 'barbecue'' and 'bamboozle'. Other colourful terms, which have passed out of common usage, such as 'bring one's arse to anchor' (sit down), 'belly timber' (food) and 'bog orange' (potato) are also included, as well as important pirate haunts, technical terms, famous battles, maritime inventors and ship speed records.
The Curiosities
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Author : Zana Fraillon
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-09-29
The Curiosities written by Zana Fraillon and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-29 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
With the Curiosities, a whole world of wonders and possibles awaits... Miro wakes one morning to find the world isn't quite the way he thought it was. When the Curiosities choose Miro as the one they nest on, Miro is led to discover all the marvels waiting in the shadows where no-one else looks. Sometimes though, the Curiosities can make Miro feel alone and invisible in the darkness. But perhaps Miro isn't as alone as he thinks... A beautiful celebration of disability, diversity and pride in who you are, from one of Australia's most loved and awarded writers for children.