Holy Figures Portrayed in the Edinburgh Fragment of Rashīd al-Dīn’s World History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9977835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Hillenbrand (University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 843-871 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210862.2017.1359816 |
| OpenAlex | W2750336940 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper has two purposes. One is to look carefully at the way that the stories of Sālih and Samson are told in the Edinburgh fragment of Rashīd al-Dīn’s World History and its accompanying illustrations, and the messages that these convey. The second is to explore the interplay of text and image in what might be termed “the Moses cycle” and to consider the motivation for the unusual textual and pictorial emphasis on Moses. Several aspects of the cycle are analyzed: Moses as an antetype of Rashīd al-Dīn himself, the impact of the Qur’anic text and Moses as a precursor of the Prophet Muhammad
Art · Art history · Fragment (logic · Literature · Rash · Reflexive pronoun · Computer Science · Dermatology · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Medicine · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |