The Ring of the Dove; Or the Doves Neck-Ring Hazm IbnPaperback
The Ring of the Dove; Or the Doves Neck-Ring Hazm IbnPaperback 2014 Reprint of 1931 Edition. Ibn Hazm (died 1064), drawing upon personal experiences, composed this famous work on "pure love" called…
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The Ring of the Dove; Or the Doves Neck-Ring Hazm IbnPaperback
2014 Reprint of 1931 Edition. Ibn Hazm (died 1064), drawing upon personal experiences, composed this famous work on "pure love" called Ṭawq al-ḥamāmah ("The Ring of the Dove" or "Dove's Neck Ring"). Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.
The theme of love was especially popular, and a wide variety of intellectuals focused their attention on it. Its lucid prose, interspersed with poetry, has many times been translated into Western languages. It is a charmingly intimate portrait of social intercourse within the Islamic community of the 11th century.
This work, a blend of sensibilities nurtured by a harem education in his youth and the prudery of a scholar's Koran based ideals, was Ibn Hazm's masterpiece of courtly love-love Platonic, exquisite by unrequited. Europe's troubadours imbibed "The Dove" like a fine