Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's Treatise "On Swords and Their Kinds" by Brian Gilmour, Robert G. Hoyland

Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's Treatise "On Swords and Their Kinds"

Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies

Brian Gilmour, Robert G. Hoyland

216 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, howev...

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