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The ultimate ambition in the arts of erudition : a compendium of knowledge from the classical Islamic world
- Title
- The ultimate ambition in the arts of erudition : a compendium of knowledge from the classical Islamic world / Shihāb al-Dīn al-Nuwayrī ; edited, translated, and with an Introduction and notes by Elias Muhanna.
- Author
- Nuwayrī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, 1279-1333
- Publication
- New York : Penguin Books, [2016]
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- Additional Authors
- Muhanna, Elias
- Description
- xxxii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 318 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "An astonishing record of the knowledge of a civilization, the book catalogs everything known to exist from the perspective of a fourteenth-century Egyptian scholar and litterateur. More than 9,000 pages and thirty volumes--here abridged to one volume, and translated into English for the first time--it contains entries on everything from medieval moon-worshipping cults, sexual aphrodisiacs, and the substance of clouds, to how to get the smell of alcohol off one's breath, the deliciousness of cheese made from buffalo milk, and the nesting habits of flamingos."--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Penguin classics
- Uniform Title
- Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. English
- نهاية الارب فى فنون الادب. الانكليزية
- Penguin classics
- Alternative Title
- Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Encyclopedia
- encyclopedias.
- Encyclopedias
- Translations
- Encyclopedias.
- Encyclopédies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from Arabic.
- Contents
- The first book: On the heavens and the earth. The heavens ; Meteorological phenomena ; The nights and days ; The earth, mountains, seas, islands, rivers, and springs ; The natures of different nations and the inherent dispositions of their inhabitants -- The second book: On the human being. The life stages and nature of the human being ; Proverbs and parables ; Praise, invective, entertaining anecdotes, wine, and music ; On the ruler, his subjects, and advisers; and on the craft of secretaryship -- The third book: On the mute beasts. Carnivorous animals ; Other wild beasts ; Livestock ; Venomous creatures ; Birds and fish -- The fourth book: On plants. Vegetables and foodstuffs ; Trees and fruit ; Aromatic plants ; Gum resins, mannas, and saps ; Aromatics, sexual medicines, and the magical properties of nature -- The fifth book: On history ; Adam and Eve ; On the history of the Mamluk State.
- ISBN
- 9780143107484
- 0143107488
- LCCN
- 2015046621
- OCLC
- ocn930508896
- 930508896
- SCSB-1879510
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library