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Title:

Romance and reason : Islamic transformations of the classical past / edited by Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Samuel Thrope, Raquel Ukeles ; including contributions by Leigh Chipman, Steven Harvey, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Rachel Milstein, and Julia Rubanovich.

Publisher:

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

151 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Subject:

Alexander,--the Great,--356 B.C.-323 B.C.--Exhibitions.
Alexander,--the Great,--356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Islamic civilization--Greek influences--Exhibitions.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts--Exhibitions.
Manuscripts, Persian--Exhibitions.
Manuscripts, Arabic--Exhibitions.
Manuscripts, Turkish--Exhibitions.
Islamic civilization--Greek influences.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Manuscripts, Turkish.
Exhibition catalogs.

Other Authors:

Casagrande-Kim, Roberta, editor.
Thrope, Samuel, 1980- editor.
Ukeles, Raquel, editor.
New York University. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, issuing body. issuing body.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World from February 14, 2018-May 13, 2018. Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-147).

Contents:

Rationalizing the divine : Greek philosophy in the Islamic world / Steven Harvey. The Alexander romance / Julia Rubanovich -- Picturing the archetypal king: Iskandar in Islamic painting / Rachel Milstein -- Islamic medicine : refractions of the classical past / Leigh Chipman -- Mathematics, astronomy, and astrology / Y. Tzvi Langermann -- Rationalizing the divine : Greek philosophy in the Islamic world / Steven Harvey.

ISBN:

9780691181844
0691181845

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1017603408

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)