Medieval Islamic swords and swordmaking : Kindi's treatise "On swords and their kinds" (edition, translation, and commentary)

Author(s)

• Hoyland, Robert G.
• Kindī, d. ca. 873
• Gilmour, Brian
• Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial"

Bibliographic Information

Medieval Islamic swords and swordmaking : Kindi's treatise "On swords and their kinds" (edition, translation, and commentary)

Robert G. Hoyland and Brian Gilmour ; introduction by James Allan

Gibb Memorial Trust, 2012, c2006

• : pbk

Note

Description based on: 2018 (repr.)

Some text in English and Arabic; some text translated from the German

Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-212) and index

Details

• NCID: BB28323856
• ISBN:
  • 9780906094570
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engara
• Place of Publication: [Cambridge]
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 216 p., [18] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Kindī, d. ca. 873. On swords and their kinds
  • LCSH : Swords, Islamic -- History
  • LCSH : Swords -- Islamic Empire