The Kitāb Anbā’ nujabā’ al-abnā’ (Reports on Sons of Noble Breed) written by Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī, the Sicilian (died between 1170 and 1172), collects the biographies of illustrious men, recounting their youth in detail through many and precious anecdotes. My analysis of this text, a work that up until now has been investigated very little, seeks to identify the organizational model of the material, its aims with regard to the historical–political context of the time, as well as highlighting differences and peculiarities in comparison with the same typology of texts produced in other geographical areas of the Muslim world and in Sicily in the Medieval era.
Il Kitab Anbaʾ nujabaʾ al-abnaʾ (Notizie dei giovanetti illustri) redatto da Ibn Zafar al-Siqillī, il Siciliano (m. tra il 1170 e il 1172), raccoglie le biografie di uomini eccezionali narrando in particolare, come si evince fin dal titolo, la loro giovinezza attraverso numerosi e preziosi aneddoti. L’analisi dell’opera, finora poco investigata, è volta a individuare il modello organizzativo dei materiali, le sue finalità rispetto al contesto storico-politico del tempo, nonché a metterne in luce alcune differenze e peculiarità rispetto alla stessa tipologia di testi prodotti in Sicilia e in altre aree geografiche del mondo musulmano in epoca medievale.
Il Kitāb Anbāʾ nujabāʾ al-abnāʾ di Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī
Laura Bottini
2019-01-01
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The Kitāb Anbā’ nujabā’ al-abnā’ (Reports on Sons of Noble Breed) written by Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī, the Sicilian (died between 1170 and 1172), collects the biographies of illustrious men, recounting their youth in detail through many and precious anecdotes. My analysis of this text, a work that up until now has been investigated very little, seeks to identify the organizational model of the material, its aims with regard to the historical–political context of the time, as well as highlighting differences and peculiarities in comparison with the same typology of texts produced in other geographical areas of the Muslim world and in Sicily in the Medieval era.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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