Chronology of Ancient Nations
| Müellif | Al-Biruni |
| Materyal türü | Yazma eser |
| Dil | İngilizce |
| Tarih | 1307 |
| Yüzyıl | 14. yüzyıl |
| Kurum | University of Edinburgh |
| Kaynak | Europeana |
| Not | Call Number - 0010565; Detail of page from the Chronology of Ancient Nations by Al-Biruni. Image depicts the death of Mani, the founder of Manichaeism, an Iranian Gnostic religion that gained widespread popularity during the late antique and Medieval periods. Showing Mani's severed head suspended on a gate, with body lying below, the painting appears to be an amalgamation of the two stories regarding Mani's death which are present in Al-Biruni's manuscript: in the first, the prophet's flayed skin is filled with grass and attached to the gate of Gundishapur, while in the second, he is decapitated and his body exposed in the street. Written by the famous astronomer and polymath Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni, the Chronology of Ancient Nations is a compendium and chronicle of a vast number of calendars and chronological systems from a variety of different cultural and religious groups from throughout the late antique and medieval periods in the Hellenic world, Central Asia and the Near East. Completed in the year 1000, it even includes details of festivals and liturgical practices, in addition to more specific information. This particular manuscript is thought to have been copied in 1307 and was the archetype for the three later versions which were used by Edward Sachau to translate the document from Arabic into English during the nineteenth century. A free online copy of this translation can be found via the following link: https://archive.org/details/chronologyofanci00biru. Sources: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/research/research-pro/calendars-antiquity-middle-ages/al-biruni (accessed 06/06/14). Chelkowski, P. J. (1975), ‘The scholar and the saint : studies in commemoration of Abuʾl-Rayhan al-Biruni and Jalal al-Din al-Rumi’, New York.; Shelf Mark - Or.Ms 161 |
Al-Biruni, Chronology of Ancient Nations, 1307, University of Edinburgh, https://www.europeana.eu/item/9200264/BibliographicResource_3000058484569?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=mmurvess.