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3. Mirrored Visions: Penumbral Wonders and the Position of the Viewer
Persis Berlekamp
Description: Wonder, Image, and Cosmos in Medieval Islam
Wonder, Image, and Cosmos in Medieval Islam
In the 1388 Tusi manuscript made for the Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad, the image accompanying the entry for a mountain known as Mount Qaf, shows Alexander the Great in a pale blue tunic and small golden crown. He follows a resplendent angel, who lays his hands on the mountain as he turns back toward...
Author
Persis Berlekamp
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2011 by Persis Berlekamp
Related print edition pages: pp.89-117
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00270.004
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21565
Chapter subject tags:Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283Islamic illumination of books and manuscriptsMirrors--Religious aspects--IslamPerspectiveAnimals, Mythical, in art

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3. Mirrored Visions: Penumbral Wonders and the Position of the Viewer