page_title: The Ring of the Dove
hierarchical_section_title: The Ring of the Dove
caption_attribution_description: English: Ring of the Dove (Ṭawq al-ḥamāma fī 'al-ulfa wa-al-ullīf), written around 1022 CE in Játiva, south of Valencia. Example of Islamic culture in Spain. Manuscript since 17th century in Leiden University Library, The Netherlands. Or.927, fol.1a. Ex libris Levinus Warner ("Ex legato viri ampliss. Levini Warneri")
context_page_description: The Ring of the Dove is a treatise on love written ca. 1022 by Ibn Hazm. Normally a writer of theology and law, Ibn Hazm produced his only work of literature with The Ring of the Dove. He was heavily influenced by Plato's Phaedrus, though the bulk of the work was still his own writing, rather than an anthology of other works. Although the human aspects of affection are the primary concern, the book was still written from the perspective of a devout Muslim, and as such chastity and restraint were common themes.
  The book provides a glimpse into Ibn Hazm's own psychology. Ibn Hazm's teenage infatuation with one of his family's maids is often quoted as an example of the sort of chaste, unrequited love about which the author wrote.
  The work has been published into English multiple times. A. R. Nykl of the Oriental Institute of Chicago translated the work, publishing in 1931 and A. J. Arberry's translation was published in 1951.
context_section_description: The Ring of the Dove (Arabic: طوق الحمامة‎, romanized: Ṭawq al-Ḥamāmah) is a treatise on love written ca. 1022 by Ibn Hazm.  Normally a writer of theology and law, Ibn Hazm produced his only work of literature with The Ring of the Dove. He was heavily influenced by Plato's Phaedrus, though the bulk of the work was still his own writing, rather than an anthology of other works. Although the human aspects of affection are the primary concern, the book was still written from the perspective of a devout Muslim, and as such chastity and restraint were common themes.
  The book provides a glimpse into Ibn Hazm's own psychology. Ibn Hazm's teenage infatuation with one of his family's maids is often quoted as an example of the sort of chaste, unrequited love about which the author wrote.
  The work has been published into English multiple times.  A. R. Nykl of the Oriental Institute of Chicago translated the work, publishing in 1931 and A. J. Arberry's translation was published in 1951.
caption: The Ring of the Dove 
  (Ms. in Leiden University Library)
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