عنوان

'Licit Magic': The Touch And Sight Of Islamic Talismanic Scrolls

شماره

TL47814

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

'Licit Magic': The Touch And Sight Of Islamic Talismanic Scrolls

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Yasmine F. Al-Saleh

نام ساير پديدآوران

Roxburgh, David J.; Necipoglu-Kafadar, Gulru

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Harvard University

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2014

نام خاص و کميت اثر

408

متن يادداشت

Committee members: Caton, Steve

متن يادداشت

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-01284-2

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

نظم درجات

History of Art and Architecture

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

Harvard University

امتياز متن

2014

متن يادداشت

The following study traces the production and history of the talismanic scroll as a medium through a Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Mamluk historical periods. My dissertation understands the protocol of manufacturing and utilizing talismanic scrolls. The dissertation is a study of the Qur'an, prayers and illustrations of these talismanic works. I begin by investigating a theory of the occult the medieval primary sources of the Neo-platonic tenth century Ikhwān al-Safā' and al-Bunī (d.1225). I establish that talismans are generally categorized as science (`ilm). Next, a dynastic spotlight of talismanic scrolls creates a chronological framework for the dissertation. The Fatimid talismanic scrolls and the Ayyubid pilgrimage scrolls are both block-printed and are placed within the larger conceptual framework of pilgrimage and devotion. The two unpublished Mamluk scrolls from Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah are long beautiful handwritten scrolls that provide a perspective on how the occult is part of the daily life of the practitioner in the medieval Islamic culture. Through an in depth analysis of the written word and images, I establish that textually and visually there is a template for the creation of these sophisticated scrolls. Lastly, I discuss the efficacy of these scrolls, I use theories of linguistic anthropology and return to the Islamic primary sources to establish that there is a language of the occult and there are people that practiced the occult. The word of God and the Qur'ān empower the scrolls I studied. As for the people who practiced the occult, I turn to the tenth century Ibn al-Nadim and Ibn al-Khaldun (d.1406), the people of the occult are understood. Yet, keeping in mind, that there is always a tension with the theologians that condoned practices of Islamic magic.

موضوع مستند نشده

Art history; Middle Eastern Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Islamic art;Magic;Manuscripts;Religion;Science;Talismans

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Al-Saleh, Yasmine F.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Roxburgh, David J.; Necipoglu-Kafadar, Gulru

تقسيم فرعي

History of Art and Architecture

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Harvard University

شماره بازیابی

1557748316; 3626350

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y