1st Edition
Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd
By Cynthia Robinson
Copyright 2007
240 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
240 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture discusses the unicum manuscript of the Hadî th Bayâd wa Riyâd , the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived for more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence in present-day Spain. The manuscript is of paramount importance as it contains the only known surviving version, both in terms of text and of image, of the love story... Read more
Introduction 1. Translation 2. Love Localized and Science from Afar: The Image Program of the Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd 3. Alfonso, the Almohads and the ‘Ajouz: The Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd, Courtliness and Culture in Thirteenth-Century Iberia 4. Wandering in Babylon: The Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd and the roman idyllique Bibliography Index
Biography
Cynthia Robinson
'Robinson's study represents a crucial contribution to the discussion of narrative traditions in the medieval Mediterranean' - Karla Mallette, Fabula 50 (2009)
