Illustrated Ottoman Cosmographies, c. 1550-1700 : The World Through Muslim Eyes / Bilha Moor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moor, Bilha, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.

Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmography in art.

Islamic cosmology.

Cosmography--History.

Cosmography.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman.

Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]

Summary:

The first monograph on illustrated Ottoman cosmographies produced in the capital Istanbul and the Ottoman provinces of Egypt, Syria and Baghdad.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Transliteration and Abbreviations

Series Editor's Foreword

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Introduction

Chapter 1 Illustrated Cosmographies in Islamic Lands, 1280-c. 1850

Chapter 2 Popular Medicine and Holy Geography: Ṭūsī's 'Ajā'ib in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

Chapter 3 Second Solomon: Sultan Süleyman as the World Sovereign in Frontispieces of Qazwīnī's 'Ajā'ib, c. 1565-6

Chapter 4 Portraits and Genealogies of the Ottoman Sultans in Seventeenth-century Manuscripts of Qazwīnī's 'Ajā'ib

Chapter 5 The 'Other' in Qazwīnī's 'Ajā'ib: The Jew, the Orthodox Christian and the European

Chapter 6 A New Ottoman Cosmography on the Old World: Ibn Zunbul's Qānūn al-dunyā, 1563

Chapter 7 Fauna and People of the New World in Su'ūdī's Ḥadīs̲-i nev, 1583-c. 1600

Appendix A Illustrated Ottoman Cosmographies Discussed by Chapter

Appendix B Frontispieces in 'Ajā'ib Manuscripts

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-3995-4388-1

OCLC:

1519122290