Publisher's Synopsis
A ground-breaking investigation of divinatory arts in the Islamic world discussing their impact on, and expression through, material culture. Essays by three leading experts contextualise over 100 extraordinary objects produced between the 12th and the 20th centuries - including personal ornaments, weaponry, textiles, miniature books and scrolls - demonstrating the currency of astrology, geomancy, bibliomancy, dream interpretation and the science of divination through letters at all levels of society.
