The Seven Pillars of the House of Wisdom [PDF]
, 2017 In the Proverbs, Solomon tells that the House of Wisdom has seven pillars. According to ancient and medieval thinkers, these pillars are the seven dispositions that a person must have to become wiser. Besides this direct interpretation of the pillars, we
Sparavigna, A. C.
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Iznīqī y Ŷābir, Sirr y Miftāḥ : dos autores, cuatro títulos, un tratado alquímico [PDF]
, 2016 El tratado árabe alquímico titulado Miftāḥ al-ḥikma, Miftāḥ ŷannāt al-juld, Sirr al-asrār y Sirr al-sārr wa-sirr al-asrār se atribuye en sus manuscritos a dos autores diferentes: al-Iznīqī y Ŷābir b. Ḥayyān.
Paola Carusi
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Books on Astrology, Astronomical Tables, and Almanacs in the Library Inventory of Bayezid II [PDF]
, 2019 This study focuses on those books pertaining to astrological and practical celestial pursuits that are listed in the inventory of manuscripts in the book treasury of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II from his ...
Fleischer, Cornell H., Şen, A. Tunç
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The Jābirian Kitāb al-Nukhab and Teaching the Science of Talismans in the Abbasid Era [PDF]
This article introduces a hitherto overlooked work on the science of talismans attributed to Jābir b. Ḥayyān, called Kitāb al-Nukhab (The Compendium), but widely known as Kitāb al-Baḥth (The Book of the Quest).
Saif, Liana
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Notes on a private library in fourth/tenth-century Baghdad [PDF]
, 2012 Studies on medieval Arabic bibliophilia have mainly focussed on public and semi-public institutions, for some of which we have detailed information. Less is known about private libraries and their physical arrangement.
L. Osti
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AL-MASĀLIK WA-L-MAMĀLIK (II) Building a new world view: route guides, geography and cartography at the service of the šī’ī cause [PDF]
, 2018 Se han recogido informaciones acerca de la adscripción religiosa e ideología de los principales autores de los tratados geográficos que llevan por título Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-mamālik (KMM) –y obras relacionadas–, centrándonos en la mentalidad y ...
Franco-Sánchez, Francisco
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The translation process of two agronomical treatises: Al-Filaha al-nabatiyya and Ibn al-'Awwam's Kitab al-filaha [PDF]
, 2011 Este artículo aborda el proceso de traducción de dos tratados agronómicos de gran importancia, al-Filāha al-nabatiyya y Kitāb al-filāha del andalusí Ibn al-‘Awwām, a partir del estudio del discurso preliminar de sus traductores, Ibn Wahšiyya y J.
Barraso, Víctor M.
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The Conquest of Conquests: the Islamic Discourse regarding the Reconquest of Jerusalem (1099-1187) [PDF]
The conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders was a harsh and unexpected blow to the Islamic community, a calamity that immediately generated reactions ranging from grieving, to providentialism and calls for jihād.
Albarrán Iruela, Javier
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The Arabic Reception of Pagan Greek Poetry and Poets in the ʿAbbāsid Period [PDF]
, 2022 Il presente studio indaga le dinamiche di ricezione della poesia greca pagana in lingua araba durante l’epoca ʿabbāside, nel contesto del cosiddetto movimento di traduzione e della tradizione filosofico-letteraria che si sviluppò a partire da esso ...
ZARANTONELLO, MARIANNA
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Mulla Sadra and the mind-body problem: A critical assessment of Sadra’s approach to the dichotomy of soul and spirit [PDF]
, 2010 The presence of some ambiguity about the two terms of soul and spirit, which up until now has not been considered, has been investigated in this research. This ambiguity has created problems in different fields of study such as philosophy, psychology and
Daftari, Abdulaziz
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