The essay introduces and translates the lists of Kitāb al-maʿārif dealing with عاهات (bodily peculiarities). These lists could be useful from different angles: to see what kind of infirmities, impairments or bodily peculiarities were frequent in past times; or which categories of people Ibn Qutayba deemed worth mentioning (traditionists, poets, caliphs, jurists etc., keeping in mind that these categories are often overlapping); or the origins of the impairments or bodily peculiarities.
Bodily peculiarities and lists in Ibn Qutayba’s Kitāb al-maʿārif
Ghersetti, Antonella
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Abstract
The essay introduces and translates the lists of Kitāb al-maʿārif dealing with عاهات (bodily peculiarities). These lists could be useful from different angles: to see what kind of infirmities, impairments or bodily peculiarities were frequent in past times; or which categories of people Ibn Qutayba deemed worth mentioning (traditionists, poets, caliphs, jurists etc., keeping in mind that these categories are often overlapping); or the origins of the impairments or bodily peculiarities.
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