The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk RoadPhilippe Forêt, Andreas Kaplony This book covers new ground on the diffusion and transmission of geographical knowledge that occurred at critical junctures in the long history of the Silk Road. Much of twentieth-century scholarship on the Silk Road examined the ancient archaeological objects and medieval historical records found within each cultural area, while the consequences of long-distance interaction across Eurasia remained poorly studied. Here ample attention is given to the journeys that notions and objects undertook to transmit spatial values to other civilizations. In retracing the steps of four major circuits right across the many civilizations that shared the Silk Road, "The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road" traces the ways in which maps and images surmounted spatial, historical and cultural divisions. |
Contents
Introduction Philippe Forêt and Andreas Kaplony | 1 |
PART I THE BUDDHIST ROAD | 7 |
Questions and Hypotheses Nicolas Zufferey | 9 |
Mount Wutai on the Silk Road Natasha Heller | 29 |
Images of Buddhist Cosmographies in Medieval China Dorothy C Wong | 51 |
PART II THE MONGOL ROAD | 81 |
Gridded Plans and Maps along the Silk Road Jonathan M Bloom | 83 |
Were These Designs Transmitted through the Silk Road? Johannes Thomann | 97 |
On the Visual Language Purpose and Transmission of ArabicIslamic Maps Andreas Kaplony | 137 |
A Medieval Islamic View of the East Yossef Rapoport | 155 |
PART IV THE MEDITERRANEAN ROAD | 173 |
Chapter Nine Celestial Maps and Illustrations in ArabicIslamic Astronomy Paul Kunitzsch | 175 |
Do They Contain Elements of Asian Provenance? Sonja Brentjes | 181 |
Conclusion Philippe Forêt and Andreas Kaplony | 203 |
Appendix List of Geographical Nomenclature in alKashgharis Text and Map Andreas Kaplony | 209 |
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