A Physician on the Nile: Library of Arabic Literature
Autor Al-Baghd& Traducere de Tim Mackintosh-Smithen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2022
A Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence. Written by the polymath and physician ¿Abd al-Lä¿f al-Baghd¿d¿, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-N¿¿ir, the first part of the book offers detailed descriptions of Egypt¿s geography, plants, animals, and local cuisine, including a recipe for a giant picnic pie made with three entire roast lambs and dozens of chickens. ¿Abd al-Lä¿f¿s text is also a pioneering work of ancient Egyptology, with detailed observations of Pharaonic monuments, sculptures, and mummies. An early and ardent champion of archaeological conservation, ¿Abd al-Lä¿f condemns the vandalism wrought by tomb-robbers and notes with distaste that Egyptian grocers price their goods with labels written on recycled mummy-wrappings.
The book¿s second half relates his horrific eyewitness account of the great famine that afflicted Egypt in the years 597¿598/1200¿1202. ¿Abd al-Lä¿f was a keen observer of humanity, and he offers vivid first-hand depictions of starvation, cannibalism, and a society in moral free-fall.
A Physician on the Nile contains great diversity in a small compass, distinguished by the acute, humane, and ever-curious mind of its author. It is rare to be able to hear the voice of such a man responding so directly to novelty, beauty, and tragedy.
An English-only edition.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781479820078
ISBN-10: 1479820075
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 139 x 208 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Seria Library of Arabic Literature
ISBN-10: 1479820075
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 139 x 208 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Seria Library of Arabic Literature