A 17th-Century Circassian Village in the Shape of al-Manṣūr’s Baġdād

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" A 17th-Century Circassian Village in the Shape of al-Manṣūr’s Baġdād "
Maria Vittoria Fontana

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064361
Doc. No	:	LA107990
Call No	:	‭10.1163/24685631-12340034‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Maria Vittoria Fontana
Title & Author	:	A 17th-Century Circassian Village in the Shape of al-Manṣūr’s Baġdād [Article]\ Maria Vittoria Fontana
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Annali Sezione Orientale
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	77/1-2
Page No	:	283–293
Abstract	:	A drawing made by the French traveller Jean Baptiste Tavernier during his journey in the Levant in 1632 illustrates a round Circassian village that, in terms of its shape as well as other important devices, shows features already recognisable in the presumed plan of the 9th-century Baġdād. Although the size and functions of the two sites are so different a sort of continuity of a model can be observed, also probably under the weight of magic and religious rituals. A drawing made by the French traveller Jean Baptiste Tavernier during his journey in the Levant in 1632 illustrates a round Circassian village that, in terms of its shape as well as other important devices, shows features already recognisable in the presumed plan of the 9th-century Baġdād. Although the size and functions of the two sites are so different a sort of continuity of a model can be observed, also probably under the weight of magic and religious rituals.
Descriptor	:	17th-century
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Baghdad
Descriptor	:	Circassian villages
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jean Baptiste Tavernier
Descriptor	:	Round Cities
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/24685631-12340034‬