The Arcadian Library : western appreciation of Arab and Islamic civilization / by Alastair Hamilton.
The Arcadian Library : western appreciation of Arab and Islamic civilization / by Alastair Hamilton.
The Arcadian Library : western appreciation of Arab and Islamic civilization / by Alastair Hamilton.
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London : Arcadian Library ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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NQ909.09749/1
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English
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Physical content
408 pages, 184 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Travel -- Turcica -- Science and medicine -- Islam and Christianity -- Islam and Christianity -- Spain -- Oriental scholarship and literature.
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London : Arcadian Library ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
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"The Arcadian Library is unique in Europe. The 10,000 or so volumes which it owns provide a complete picture of the encounter between two cultures and show how the civilization of the Arab and Islamic worlds was appreciated in the Christian West from the earliest times to the present day. The purpose of this heavily-illustrated survey is to provide...
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The Arcadian Library : western appreciation of Arab and Islamic civilization / by Alastair Hamilton.
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Studies in the Arcadian Library ; no. 8
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-398) and index.
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NQ909.09749/1
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0199609632 hardback
9780199609635 hardback
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909.0974927
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991006505929702626
