The formation of al-Andalus, Part 2: Language, Religion, Culture and the Sciences

Author
Fierro, Maribel (editor) and Samso, Julio (editor)
Publisher
Ashgate
Year
1998
Language
English
Call Number
DP103 .M36 1998 PT.2
ISBN
0860787095
Reference Only
Off
Number of Pages
451
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Muslims -- Spain
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Spain -- Civilization -- 711-1516
Abstract

The Formation of the Classical Islamic World / General Editor: Lawrence I. Conrad
Volume 47

 

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Language and Religion: The language situation in al-Andalus, David Wasserstein; The end of written Ladino in al-Andalus, Roger Wright; The Christological consequences of Muslim-Christian confrontation in 8th-century Spain, Dominique Urvoy; Intellectual and Artistic Developments: The role of men of religion in the history of Muslim Spain up to the end of the Caliphate, Hussain Monés; Reflections on Malikism under the Umayyads of Spain, Hady-Roger Idris; Zuhhad of al-Andalus (300/912-420/1029), Manuela Marín; A report on the publication of previously unedited works by Ibn Masarra, Emilio Tornero; Some remarks on Fath al-Andalus, Claudio Sánchez Albornoz; Egypt and the origins of Arabic Spanish historiography: a contribution to the study of the earliest sources for the history of Islamic Spain, Mahmud ’Ali Makki; ’Abbas ibn Firnas, Elías Terés; An oriental tale in the history of al-Andalus, Fernando de la Granja; The basilica of San Vicente and the Great Mosque of Cordóba: a new look at the sources, Manuel Ocaña Jiménez; The Exact and Natural Sciences: ’Abd al-Malik ibn Habib’s Book on the Stars, Paul Kunitzsch; Books of Anwa’ in al-Andalus, Miquel Forcada; Indian astronomy in medieval Spain, David Pingree; The contents of Qasim ibn Mutarrif al-Qattan’s Kitab al-hay’a, Josep Casulleras; The mathematical works of Maslama of Madrid, Juan Vernet and María-Asuncíon Catalá; The ’Meridian of Water’ in the tables of geographical coordinates of al-Andalus and North Africa, Mercè Comes; Medicine in al-Andalus until the fall of the Caliphate, Margarita Castells; Sa’id ibn ’Abd Rabbih’s Urjuza fi l-tibb, Rosa Kuhne; Ibn Juljul’s treatise of medicaments not mentioned by Dioscorides, Ildefonso Garijo; Index.