The Ring of the Dove
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The Ring of the Dove (Arabic: طوق الحمامة, Ṭawq al-Ḥamāmah[1]) is a treatise on love written ca. 1022 by Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Ḥazm al-Andalusī.[1] Normally a writer of theology and law, The Ring of the Dove is his only work of elegant literature.[2]
The work has been published into English multiple times. A. R. Nykl of the Oriental Institute of Chicago translated the work, publishing in 1931[1] and A. J. Arberry's translation was published in 1951.[3]
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- Hitti, Philip K. (March 1932). "Review". Journal of the American Oriental Society 52 (1): 58-59. American Oriental Society.
- Ibn Hazm (1994). The Ring of the Dove: A Treatise on the Art and Practice of Arab Love, trans. A. J. Arberry, London: Luzac Oriental. ISBN 1-898942-03X.
