Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras III
Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras III

Author: Urbain Vermeulen

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 9789042909700

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Each volume deals with a wide variety of scholarly subjects, all revolving around the central theme of Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Topics dealt with include archaeology, architecture, codicology, economic, political, and religious history, as well as belles-lettres.

The Cuvier-Geoffrey Debate
The Cuvier-Geoffrey Debate

Author: Toby A. Appel

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1987-03-26

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 0195364805

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For scientists, no event better represents the contest between form and function as the chief organizing principle of life as the debate between Georges Cuvier and Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This book presents the first comprehensive study of the celebrated French scientific controversy that focused the attention of naturalists in the first decades of the nineteenth century on the conflicting claims of teleology, morphology, and evolution, which ultimately contributed to the making of Darwin's theory. This history describes not only the scientific dimensions of the controversy and its impact on individuals and institutions, but also examines the meaning of the debate for culture and society in the years before Darwin.

Ibn Khaldun in Egypt
Ibn Khaldun in Egypt

Author: Walter J. Fischel

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0520335090

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Le Cercle des lettres de l’alphabet Dā’irat al-aḥruf al-abjadiyya
Le Cercle des lettres de l’alphabet Dā’irat al-aḥruf al-abjadiyya

Author: Cécile Bonmariage

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-11-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 9004321543

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Le Kitāb dā’irat al-aḥruf al-abjadiyya est un traité de magie pratique attribué à Hermès. Ce texte composite, qui ne peut être daté avec précision, est un ouvrage de magie basée sur la doctrine de la science des lettres (‘ilm al-ḥurūf). Le présent livre offre la première édition critique du texte, accompagnée d’une traduction annotée et d’une étude historique et philologique exposant les principes théoriques à la base des procédés décrits dans les recettes ainsi que des entités, objets et ingrédients utilisés (noms des anges invoqués, types de fumigations et d’encres, dessins et figures, etc.). Il s’agit d’une des premières éditions critiques d’un traité de magie pratique des lettres, genre encore fort méconnu bien qu’abondamment représenté dans les manuscrits arabes. The Kitāb dā’irat al-aḥruf al-abjadiyya is a composite treatise of letter magic attributed to Hermes. The edition and annotated translation of the Arabic text are accompanied by an explanation of the theoretical principles underlying the procedures described in the recipes, and a discussion of the entities, objects and ingredients used. These include names of the angels to be summoned, types of incenses and inks to be used, sketches and images to be drawn, etc. This is one of the first critical editions and translations of a full-length text of practical magic containing recipes pertaining to ‘ilm al-ḥurūf (the science of letters). The book is addressed to Arabists and to any non-Arabist interested in the tradition of magic.