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Plants of the Qur'ān : history & culture / Shahina A. Ghazanfar, illustrated by Sue Wickison

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Kew, Richmond, London (United Kingdom) : Royal Botanic Garden, Kew/Kew Publishing, 2023Copyright date: © 2023Description: xii, 196 pages : illustrations (color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1842467174
  • 9781842467176
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP134.P55 G439 2023
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword / by HRH Princess Basma bint Ali bin Nayef Al Hashimi -- Preface by the author -- Preface by the illustrator -- Note on the transliteration of Arabic -- Introduction -- Plants of the Qur'ān -- Artists's Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Surahs of the Qur'ān that mention plants -- Appendix 2: Quranic plants as mentioned in the Had̄ith of al-Bukhārī
Awards:
  • 2024 Award of Excellence in Botanical Art and Illustration – Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries
Summary: Plants of the Qur'ān is the first book that investigates the etymology and history of the plants mentioned in the Qur'ān. It illustrates the historical and present cultural significance and uses of the plants, and explores the context in which they are mentioned, in the text of the Qur'ān. The book gives descriptions of all plants and suggestions are provided where the identity of a plant is not certain, using recent scientific and archaeobotanical evidence. Each plant is illustrated with a detailed coloured botanical painting showing its habit, leaves, flowers, fruits and dissections of some parts. All efforts have been made to illustrate the plants from living speciments in their wild habitat, and to show as much as possible the original cultivars of several of the plants that are now widely grown and used.Summary: This book documents an exhibition of illustrations by Sue Wickison. See www.quranicplants.com for further information.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB456.2 .G42 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800197212
Total holds: 0

Sue Wickison is an award-winning botanical illustrator.

Includes bibliography (pages 174-190) and index.

Foreword / by HRH Princess Basma bint Ali bin Nayef Al Hashimi -- Preface by the author -- Preface by the illustrator -- Note on the transliteration of Arabic -- Introduction -- Plants of the Qur'ān -- Artists's Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Surahs of the Qur'ān that mention plants -- Appendix 2: Quranic plants as mentioned in the Had̄ith of al-Bukhārī

Plants of the Qur'ān is the first book that investigates the etymology and history of the plants mentioned in the Qur'ān. It illustrates the historical and present cultural significance and uses of the plants, and explores the context in which they are mentioned, in the text of the Qur'ān. The book gives descriptions of all plants and suggestions are provided where the identity of a plant is not certain, using recent scientific and archaeobotanical evidence. Each plant is illustrated with a detailed coloured botanical painting showing its habit, leaves, flowers, fruits and dissections of some parts. All efforts have been made to illustrate the plants from living speciments in their wild habitat, and to show as much as possible the original cultivars of several of the plants that are now widely grown and used.

This book documents an exhibition of illustrations by Sue Wickison. See www.quranicplants.com for further information.

Title in Arabic on cover and on title page. Epigraph also given in English and Arabic.

2024 Award of Excellence in Botanical Art and Illustration – Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries

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