Map of Sicily from a 13th-century copy of the Fatimid cosmography, TheBook of Curiosities, housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University
The Book of Curiosities (Arabic: Kitāb Gharā’ib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʿuyūn, literally translated as Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes) is an anonymous 11th-century Arabic cosmography from Fatimid Egypt containing a series of early illustrated maps of the world and celestial diagrams of the universe and sky. TheBook of Curiosities contains 17 maps in total, 14 of which are extremely rare not only in Islamic cartography but also in greater medieval map history.[1] The cosmography includes the earliest recorded map of Sicily as well as a rectangular world map, considered the earliest surviving map with a graphic scale.[2] The autograph manuscript has not survived, but the Bodleian Library of Oxford University acquired one of the only known copies of the manuscript in 2002, making its contents widely accessible today due to its digitization. Based on the production processes and physical materials of the copy, such as paper and pigment, scholars date the production of this copy to the early 13th century.[3]
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^Johns, Jeremy; Savage-Smith, Emilie (2003). "The Book of Curiosities: A Newly Discovered Series of Islamic Maps". Imago Mundi. 55: 7–24. doi:10.1080/0308569032000095451. ISSN 0308-5694. JSTOR 3594753. S2CID 128486282.
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