Book Of Wonders
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The Kitāb al-Bulhān (Arabic: كتاب البلهان), or Book of Wonders, is a 14th and 15th century Arabic manuscript,[1] compiled by Hassan Esfahani (Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani) probably bound during the reign of Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad (1382–1410) in Baghdad. The contents include subjects on astronomy, astrology and geomancy, including a section of full-page illustrations, with plates dedicated to the discourse topic, e.g. a folktale, a sign of the zodiac, a prophet, etc.[2][3]
Gallery
A man, mounted on a camel, killing a snake with a lance.
The baths of Tiberius. Men bathing while demons tend the furnace.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Great Wall of Gog and Magog
Capricorn or al-Gadī, one of the signs of the Zodiac depicted in the book
Libra or al-Mīzan, one of the signs of the Zodiac depicted in the book
Kitab al-Bulhan
See also
- The Book of Felicity
References
Citations
- ↑ "Kitab al-Bulhan". https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kitab-al-bulhan-or-book-of-wonders-late-14thc.
- ↑ Carboni 2007, p. 295.
- ↑ Al-Isfahani 1390.
Sources
- Carboni, Stefano (2007), Venice and the Islamic world, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300124309, https://books.google.com/books?id=10Rrl29pBMYC
- Al-Isfahani, Abd al-Hasan (1390) (in Arabic), Kitab Al-Bulhan (MS), Baghdad: International Exhibition of Persian Art London 1931, pp. 367, https://archive.org/details/KitabAlBulhan
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