Islamic Sensory History. Volume 2, 600-1500 / edited by Christian Lange and Adam Bursi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lange, Christian, editor.

Bursi, Adam, editor.

Series:

Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Erste Abteilung, Volume 182.

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East Series ; Volume 182

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic literature--Themes, motives.

Arabic literature.

Arabic literature--Translations into English.

Islamic literature, Arabic--Translations into Turkish.

Islamic literature, Arabic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (617 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2024]

Language Note:

English translations of excerpted text from Arabic and Persian works; introductory matter for each chapter on a particular work in English.

Summary:

Islamic Sensory History, Volume2: 600-1500 is composed of selected texts translated into English from their original languages. The selections are short texts, or excerpts from longer texts, chosen by the editors and contributors for their illustrative and interesting engagements with issues related to the senses and the sensory in different times, places, and social milieus throughout the history of Islamic societies. Each selection is prefaced by a short introductory essay by the translator on the text and its author, with specific attention to and commentary upon the importance or role of the senses in this text's language, genre, and social context.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Note on Dates, Transliteration, and Citation

Notes on Contributors

Part 1 Scriptural Foundations

1 The Senses in the Qurʾān

2 Ibn Isḥāq (d. ca. 151/768) on Vision in the Prophet’s Biography

3 Ibn Abī Shayba (d. 235/849) on the Senses in the Afterlife

4 Ibn Abī l-Dunyā (d. 281/894) on Scrupulous Sensory Piety among Early Muslim Ascetics

5 Ibn Bābawayh (d. 381/991) on the Shiʿi Sensorium

6 Ibn al-Athīr (d. 606/1210) on the Prophet’s Sense of Smell

Part 2 Literary and Aesthetic Perspectives

7 Al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 255/869) on Animal and Human Sensation

8 Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq (fl. Mid-fourth/Mid-tenth Century) on Multisensory Dining and Wining

9 Al-Sarī al-Raffāʾ’s (d. 362/973) Invitations to Delight

10 Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī (d. 360/971) on the Conditions and Effects of Music

11 ʿAlī b. Naṣr al-Kātib (fl. Late Fourth/Tenth Century) on Erotic Sensations

12 Ibn Jubayr (d. 614/1217) on the Illumination of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca

13 Abū l-Majd Tabrīzī (d. after 736/1336) on the Debate between the Ear and the Eye

14 Al-Maqrīzī (d. 845/1442) on the History of the Call to Prayer in Egypt

15 Al-Badrī (d. 894/1489) on Hashish and the Senses

16 Al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505) on the Four Princes of Perfume

Part 3 Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives

17 Al-Kindī (d. after 256/870) on the Effects of Music, Colors, and Scents Generated by AI.

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Print version: Lange, Christian Islamic Sensory History

ISBN:

9789004515932