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Title |
Title of document |
Diminutive Divination and the Implications of Scale: A Miniature Quranic Falnama of the Safavid Period - Miniature Books |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Heather Coffey; OCAD University; Canada |
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Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies |
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Keyword(s) |
miniature book; religious book; religious text; small book; history of books; sacred text |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Religious texts; books |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter investigates Adomeit Miniature Islamic Manuscript C12, a Safavid Qur’an preserved in the Lilly Library at Indiana University. Measuring 6.3 by 5.7 centimeters, the manuscript imbricates the amuletic function inherent to the Qur’an with a prognostic capacity through inclusion of a falnama (Book of Divination) attributed to the sixth Shi’i Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (d. 765). This chapter contextualizes the small-scale manuscript within Safavid bibliomantic practices, which reached their apogee during the reign of Shah Tahmasp (r. 1524-76). In so doing, it contrasts a miniaturized specimen against alternate manuscript formats of Safavid falnamas, thereby assessing the impact of drastically reduced scale on the user’s divinatory experience. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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25-Sep-2019 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/37764 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.37764 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Miniature Books |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |