The Rose of Muḥammad, the Fragrance of Christ: Liminal Poetics in Medieval Anatolia
Although scent has played a diminished role in modern Western societies, it communicated a wide array of meanings to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in medieval Anatolia. This study examines the ubiquitous presence of fragrance in Persian and Armenian poetry, particularly in the works of Jalāl al-Dīn...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2020]
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Medieval encounters
Jahr: 2020, Band: 26, Heft: 3, Seiten: 285-320 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Ǧalāl-ad-Dīn Rūmī 1207-1273
/ Persisch
/ Islam
/ Religiöse Literatur
/ Geruch
/ Kostandin, Erznkac'i 1250-1320
/ Mittelarmenisch
/ Christliche Literatur
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Interreligiöse Beziehungen BJ Islam CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen KAF Kirchengeschichte 1300-1500; Spätmittelalter KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Kostandin Erznkatsʿi
B Medieval Anatolia B fragrance B Comparative Literature B Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī B Persian B Poetics B Muslim-Christian interaction B Middle Armenian |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Although scent has played a diminished role in modern Western societies, it communicated a wide array of meanings to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in medieval Anatolia. This study examines the ubiquitous presence of fragrance in Persian and Armenian poetry, particularly in the works of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 1273), his son Sulṭān Walad (d. 1312), and Kostandin Erznkatsʿi (fl. late thirteenth-early fourteenth cen.), a Christian Armenian poet of Erzincan. For these and other poets, olfaction served as a rich heuristic for sensing the divine essence in many contexts: in everyday customs, such as washing with rose water or the preparation of sherbet; in devotional practices, such as burning incense or receiving communion; and finally in the instruction of poetry itself. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340073 |