Visible Art, Invisible Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8969719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Persis Berlekamp (Art Institute of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 563-565 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743813000482 |
| OpenAlex | W2115883800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib (The Book of the Forms of the Stars) of ʿAbd al-Rahman b. ʿUmar al-Sufi (d. 986), though based largely on Ptolemy's Almagest , included much original material. In the 20th century, its importance for scholars lay mainly in its attestation of the ways Islamicate scholarship built on classical learning. Now we are finding that it also offers fascinating insights into the complex relationship between seeing and knowing in premodern Islamic book culture. Here, I consider that relationship through analysis of the paired images of the constellation Barshawush (Perseus) from the oldest surviving manuscript, copied and likely also illustrated in 1009–1010 by al-Sufi's son
Ancient history · Art · Astronomy · Constellation · Islam · Literature · Physics · Political science · Ptolemy's table of chords · Scholarship · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |