Science, Tools and Magic
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Published on 1997 by Oxford University Press, USA
The Nasser D Khalili Collection holds a wealth of fascinating scientific and magical material. This volume contains a vast treasure of objects, mainly Iranian, Ottoman or Mughal Indian in origin, and spans more than a millennium, from the 7th to the 19th century. The ingenious and intriguing world of Islamic cosmology and astrology, medicine and magic is explored through remarkable illustration and illuminating discussion of astronomical instruments, such as astrolabes, the earliest surviving of which are Islamic, some of the finest celestial globes in the Collection, magic medicinal bowls, pestles and mortars, and other domestic and scientific tools. There are also several medical treatises of great scholarly significance, a 15th century manuscript being one of the earliest recorded works on the human anatomy. With meticulously researched text from the contributors, this extraordinary book is an essential and invaluable reference work for all those interested in the Islamic art of science.
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