Le statut des couleurs et de la lumière dans les munāẓarāt paysagères au Yémen à l’époque post-classique

Abstract

This contribution aims to comment on chromaticism by analysing the principal colours as they are mentioned in the landscape descriptions of the maqāmāt of the type munāẓarāt composed in the Yemen of the post-classical era. The colours are mainly manifested in the depictions of the garden area, but can also be characterising of certain vegetal types that sometimes play the main role in these texts. The analysis of the colours enables us to make certain considerations about the state of light and its depictions within this corpus. Indeed, there appears to be a direct correlation in these descriptions between the light and the luminosity characterised by its type of reflection and brightness. Moreover, we are able to make significant deductions on minerals and gemstones, as it is often in this context that certain chromatic nuances are mentioned in these texts.