The marvels found in the great cities and in the seas and on the islands: a representative of ‘Aǧā’ib literature in Syriac

This volume presents the original text, accompanied by an English translation and commentary, of a hitherto unpublished Syriac composition, entitled the Marvels Found in the Great Cities and in the Seas and on the Islands. Produced by an unknown East Syrian Christian author during the late medieval...

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1. Verfasser: Minov, Sergey (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK Open Book Publishers [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge Semitic languages and cultures 6
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Zusammenfassung:This volume presents the original text, accompanied by an English translation and commentary, of a hitherto unpublished Syriac composition, entitled the Marvels Found in the Great Cities and in the Seas and on the Islands. Produced by an unknown East Syrian Christian author during the late medieval or early modern period, this work offers a loosely organized catalogue of marvellous events, phenomena, and objects, natural as well as human-made, found throughout the world. The Marvels is a unique composition in that it bears witness to the creative adoption by Syriac Christians of the paradoxogr
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (X, 202 Seiten)
ISBN:9781800640344
180064034X
DOI:10.11647/OBP.0237