A Physician on the Nile : A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years /
al-Baghdādī, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf
A Physician on the Nile : A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years / ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī; ed. by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. - 1 online resource - Library of Arabic Literature ; 74 .
Frontmatter -- Letter from the General Editor -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Maps -- Note on the Text -- Notes to the Introduction -- A Physician on the Nile -- Introduction -- Part One, consisting of six chapters -- Part Two, consisting of three chapters -- Notes -- Glossary of Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- About the Typefaces -- Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature -- About the Editor–Translator
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Flora, fauna, and famine in thirteenth-century EgyptA Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence. Written by the polymath and physician ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-Nāṣir, the first part of the book offers detailed descriptions of Egypt’s geography, plants, animals, and local cuisine, including a recipe for a giant picnic pie made with three entire roast lambs and dozens of chickens. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf’s text is also a pioneering work of ancient Egyptology, with detailed observations of Pharaonic monuments, sculptures, and mummies. An early and ardent champion of archaeological conservation, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf condemns the vandalism wrought by tomb-robbers and notes with distaste that Egyptian grocers price their goods with labels written on recycled mummy-wrappings.The book’s second half relates his horrific eyewitness account of the great famine that afflicted Egypt in the years 597–598/1200–1202. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf was a keen observer of humanity, and he offers vivid first-hand depictions of starvation, cannibalism, and a society in moral free-fall.A Physician on the Nile contains great diversity in a small compass, distinguished by the acute, humane, and ever-curious mind of its author. It is rare to be able to hear the voice of such a man responding so directly to novelty, beauty, and tragedy.A bilingual Arabic-English edition.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781479806232
10.18574/nyu/9781479806232.001.0001 doi
2020052151
Famines--History--Egypt--13th century.
Natural history--Egypt--Pre-Linnean works.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern.
Muwaffaq al-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī. ancient Egyptian literature. ancient Egyptian writing translated. ancient Egyptian writing translation english. ancient Egyptian writing. ancient literature books. arabic literature books. arabic literature in english. book on ancient civilization. book on ancient cultures. books on ancient Egypt. classic arabic literature books.
DT51 / .A12813 2021 DT53 / .B344 2021
916.2043
A Physician on the Nile : A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years / ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī; ed. by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. - 1 online resource - Library of Arabic Literature ; 74 .
Frontmatter -- Letter from the General Editor -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Maps -- Note on the Text -- Notes to the Introduction -- A Physician on the Nile -- Introduction -- Part One, consisting of six chapters -- Part Two, consisting of three chapters -- Notes -- Glossary of Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- About the Typefaces -- Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature -- About the Editor–Translator
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Flora, fauna, and famine in thirteenth-century EgyptA Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence. Written by the polymath and physician ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, and intended for the Abbasid caliph al-Nāṣir, the first part of the book offers detailed descriptions of Egypt’s geography, plants, animals, and local cuisine, including a recipe for a giant picnic pie made with three entire roast lambs and dozens of chickens. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf’s text is also a pioneering work of ancient Egyptology, with detailed observations of Pharaonic monuments, sculptures, and mummies. An early and ardent champion of archaeological conservation, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf condemns the vandalism wrought by tomb-robbers and notes with distaste that Egyptian grocers price their goods with labels written on recycled mummy-wrappings.The book’s second half relates his horrific eyewitness account of the great famine that afflicted Egypt in the years 597–598/1200–1202. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf was a keen observer of humanity, and he offers vivid first-hand depictions of starvation, cannibalism, and a society in moral free-fall.A Physician on the Nile contains great diversity in a small compass, distinguished by the acute, humane, and ever-curious mind of its author. It is rare to be able to hear the voice of such a man responding so directly to novelty, beauty, and tragedy.A bilingual Arabic-English edition.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781479806232
10.18574/nyu/9781479806232.001.0001 doi
2020052151
Famines--History--Egypt--13th century.
Natural history--Egypt--Pre-Linnean works.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern.
Muwaffaq al-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī. ancient Egyptian literature. ancient Egyptian writing translated. ancient Egyptian writing translation english. ancient Egyptian writing. ancient literature books. arabic literature books. arabic literature in english. book on ancient civilization. book on ancient cultures. books on ancient Egypt. classic arabic literature books.
DT51 / .A12813 2021 DT53 / .B344 2021
916.2043