Download or read book The Performing Arts in Medieval Islam written by Li Guo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on medieval Arabic sources and earlier scholarship, this book is a study of the life and work of Ibn D?niy?l (d. 1310). It also presents the first full English translation of his shadow play "The Phantom.”