TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruymbeke,Christine van
TI  - Science and Poetry in Medieval Persia: The Botany of Nizami's Khamsa (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications) 
SN  - 9780521873642
U1  - 891.5512 23
PY  - 2007///
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval
KW  - Language Arts & Disciplines
KW  - Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
KW  - Persian (Farsi)
KW  - Language
KW  - European - General
KW  - General
KW  - Literary Criticism & Collections / European
N2  - "Nizami Ganjavi is one of the foremost figures in Persian poetry, living in Azerbaijan in the second half of the twelfth century. One of the oldest Western poets in Persian literature, he is acclaimed for his five masnavis which are assembled to form the Khamsa (Quintet). His reputation is that of a difficult and refined poet, who introduced into his verse vocabulary, expressions and allusions to the then-known sciences. This study considers all his verses containing allusions to trees and their fruit. The scientific contents of these allusions are then checked with the help of Arabic and Persian medieval scientific treatises, ranging from the ninth to the seventeenth centuries. As a result, this study not only proposes a better understanding of nature imagery in the work of a seminal Persian poet, but provides a useful insight into the breadth and depth of the education of medieval poet
ER  -