Acknowledgements
Introduction by Robert Jones
1: Chapter One. Travel
Pilgrims
Missionaries
Merchants
Diplomats
Scientists
Antiquarians and archaeologists
Soldiers
Tourists, artists and professional travellers
Crossroads
Arabia
Women
2: Chapter Two. Turcica
War
Curiosity satisfied
3: Chapter Three. Science and Medicine
4: Chapter Four. Islam and Christianity
Islam
Christians in the East and Eastern Christianity
5: Chapter Five. Spain
6: Chapter Six. Oriental Scholarship and Literature
Oriental scholarship
Oriental literature
Bibliography
Index
Alastair Hamilton, former Louise Thijssen-Schoute Professor of the History of Ideas at Leiden University and Professor emeritus of the History of the Radical Reformation at the University of Amsterdam, is the Arcadian Visiting Research Professor at the School of Advanced Study, London University, Warburg Institute. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
...lavish study of the Arcadian Library ... As readers discover the
knowledge assembled in the collection, it can start to flow and
spread through our consciousness, altering many received ideas
about the relations between East and West.
*Marina Warner, Times Literary Supplement*
It is difficult to convey how unusually beautiful the books in the
Arcadian Library series are, how they reproduce and communicate a
neglected history of contact in numerous spheres of activity, and
how they testify to the collection's commitment to the tradition of
book-making as a historical art ...
*Marina Warner, Times Literary Supplement*
Impressive...it is good to have this record of a great private
collection, along with illustrations of superb quality.
*Farzaneh Pirouz, The Art Newspaper*
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