The representation of the heretic, in medieval Muslim historiographical and heresiographic sources, frequently resorts to descriptive clichés that identify as distinctive, physiognomic, and ultimately iconic traits, certain forms of physical disability, such as blindness in one eye, skin diseases, and limping.

The disease of the heretic: an iconic function? / Capezzone, Leonardo. - (2025), pp. 279-294.

The disease of the heretic: an iconic function?

leonardo capezzone
2025

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The representation of the heretic, in medieval Muslim historiographical and heresiographic sources, frequently resorts to descriptive clichés that identify as distinctive, physiognomic, and ultimately iconic traits, certain forms of physical disability, such as blindness in one eye, skin diseases, and limping.
2025
De la lettre à l'ésprit. Traveaux en hommage à Mohammed Ali Amir Moezzi
978-2-503-61815-9
heresy; islamic heresy; muslim heresiography; disease in medieval islam
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The disease of the heretic: an iconic function? / Capezzone, Leonardo. - (2025), pp. 279-294.
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