Studies In Medieval Islamic Technology

Author : Donald R. Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000226089

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Studies in Medieval Islamic Technology by Donald R. Hill Pdf

These studies represent the major contributions to the history of Islamic technology during the second half of the 20th century beside Donald Hill’s separate publications on the mechanical devices of Pseudo-Apollonios, the Banu Musa and al-Jazari. A gifted linguist who was trained as a historian of Islamic civilisation, and also a professional engineer, Hill achieved his goal of setting his subject on a solid basis. The papers reprinted here include his early studies of the trebuchet and the camel and horse, several overviews of different aspects of Islamic technology, articles on specific topics such as the Cairo Nilometer and al-Biruni’s geared luni-solar device, and the first notice of an extremely important Andalusian treatise on mechanical devices discovered in 1975.

Author : J. P. Hogendijk,A. I. Sabra
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0262194821

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The Enterprise of Science in Islam by J. P. Hogendijk,A. I. Sabra Pdf

Recent historical research and new perspectives on the Islamic scientific tradition.

Author : Pamela O. Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060638668

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Technology and Society in the Medieval Centuries by Pamela O. Long Pdf

Pamela Long considers the ways in which different medieval cultures, from the Byzantine empire to northern Europe, adopted and transformed technologies according to their own needs. Long introduces readers to recent scholarship and to some of the significant issues in the historiography of medieval technology.

Author : Kristina Richardson
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748645084

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Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World by Kristina Richardson Pdf

Medieval Arab notions of physical difference can feel singularly arresting for modern audiences. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights', as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? Through close analyses of anecdotes, personal letters, (auto)biographies, erotic poetry, non-binding legal opinions, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, the cultural views and experiences of disability and difference in the medieval Islamic world are brought to life.

Author : Hill Donald R. Hill
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780748696512

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Islamic Science and Engineering by Hill Donald R. Hill Pdf

Author : Tsugitaka Sato
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004281561

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Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam by Tsugitaka Sato Pdf

In Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam Tsugitaka Sato explores the actual day-to-day life in medieval Muslim societies through different aspects of sugar. Drawing from a wealth of historical sources - chronicles, geographies, travel accounts, biographies, medical and pharmacological texts, and more - he describes sugarcane cultivation, sugar production, the sugar trade, and sugar’s use as a sweetener, a medicine, and a symbol of power. He gives us a new perspective on the history of the Middle East, as well as the history of sugar across the world. This book is a posthumous work by a leading scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies in Japan who made many contributions to this field.

Author : Josef W. Meri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135456030

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Medieval Islamic Civilization by Josef W. Meri Pdf

Medieval Islamic Civilization examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the seventh and sixteenth century. This important two-volume work contains over 700 alphabetically arranged entries, contributed and signed by international scholars and experts in fields such as Arabic languages, Arabic literature, architecture, art history, history, history of science, Islamic arts, Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies, Near Eastern studies, politics, religion, Semitic studies, theology, and more. This reference provides an exhaustive and vivid portrait of Islamic civilization including the many scientific, artistic, and religious developments as well as all aspects of daily life and culture. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit www.routledge-ny.com/middleages/Islamic.

Author : Megan H. Reid
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107067110

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Law and Piety in Medieval Islam by Megan H. Reid Pdf

The Ayyubid and Mamluk periods were two of the most intellectually vibrant in Islamic history. Megan H. Reid's book, which traverses three centuries from 1170 to 1500, recovers the stories of medieval men and women who were renowned not only for their intellectual prowess but also for their devotional piety. Through these stories, the book examines trends in voluntary religious practice that have been largely overlooked in modern scholarship. This type of piety was distinguished by the pursuit of God's favor through additional rituals, which emphasized the body as an instrument of worship, and through the rejection of worldly pleasures, and even society itself. Using an array of sources including manuals of law, fatwa collections, chronicles, and obituaries, the book shows what it meant to be a good Muslim in the medieval period and how Islamic law helped to define holy behavior. In its concentration on personal piety, ritual, and ethics the book offers an intimate perspective on medieval Islamic society.

Author : Richard Tapper,Keith McLachlan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135777029

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Technology, Tradition and Survival by Richard Tapper,Keith McLachlan Pdf

The contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western technologies.

Author : Glaire Anderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780190913243

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A Bridge to the Sky by Glaire Anderson Pdf

A Bridge to the Sky explores the close connections between science, arts, and visual culture as they developed in the medieval Islamic lands. It presents a significant study of the career of 'Abbas Ibn Firnas, (d. 887), the most celebrated 'scientist' and polymath of early Islamic Spain, best known for conducting an experiment that has been celebrated as a milestone in the history of human flight.

Author : E. R. Truitt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812246971

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Medieval Robots by E. R. Truitt Pdf

Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.

Author : Oleg Grabar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Islamic art
ISBN : OCLC:462621107

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Studies in Medieval Islamic Art by Oleg Grabar Pdf

Author : Peter Fraser Purton
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9781783272785

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The Medieval Military Engineer by Peter Fraser Purton Pdf

Sheds light on the skills and techniques of the medieval military engineer, over a thousand year sweep.

Author : Robert Hillenbrand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015055885878

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Studies in Medieval Islamic Architecture by Robert Hillenbrand Pdf

This is the first of two volumes to consider in detail the architecture of Islam, from Spain to India, from the 7th century to the present day. Hillenbrand's particular interests are Iranian buildings from the Saljuq period (11th to 12th centuries) and the Umayyad monuments in the Levant (660-750 AD). This volume considers the architecure of Cordoba, Syria, Pakistan and Britain and America and includes Islamic and Oriental art, The second volume, predominantly concerned with Iran, is also available. Volume I Contents: Preface The Legacy of the Dome of the Rock The Ornament of the World - Cordoba A Pair of Medieval Tomb Towers in Van La dolce vita in Early Islamic Syria: the Evidence of Later Umayyad Palaces Islamic Art at the Crossroads: East and West at Mshatta Some Observations on the Use of Space in Medieval Islamic Buildings Eastern Islamic Influneces in Syria: Raqqa and Qal'at Ja'bar in the Later Twelfth Century Islamic Art, Architecture and Archaeology The Classical Heritage in Islamic Art: the Case of Medieval Architecture The Use of Spatial Devices in the Great Mosque of Cordoba Islamic Art and Architecture Political Symbolism in Early Indo-Muslim Mosque Architecture: the Case of Ajmir Qur'anic Epigraphy in Medieval Islamic Architecture Cresswell and Contemporary Central European Scholarship Turco-Iranian Elements in the Medieval Architecture of Pakistan - the Case of the Tomb of Rukn-i 'Alam at Multan Mamluk Caravansarais in Galilee The Dervish Lodge. Architecture, Art and Sufism in Ottoman Turkey Reflections on O. Aslanapa's Turkish Art and Architecture Traditional Architecture in the Arabian Peninsula Musalla Qasr Kharana re-examined Occidental Oriental: Islamic Influences in the Art of Britain and America Splendour and Austerity. Islamic Architectural Ornament. The Monument Reviews of M. Meinecke, Die Madrasa des Amir Mitqal C. Ewert and J.-P. Wisshak, Forschungen zur almohadischen Moschee. I. Vorstafen E. C. Dodd and S. Khairallah, The Image of the World.

Author : Josef W. Meri
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9780415966900

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Medieval Islamic Civilization by Josef W. Meri Pdf

Examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th century. This two-volume work contains 700 alphabetically arranged entries, and provides a portrait of Islamic civilization. It is of use in understanding the roots of Islamic society as well to explore the culture of medieval civilization.