L’enfer et les autres : Eschatologie et topographie du mal dans l’Orient médiéval
Hell and the Others: Eschatology and Topographies of Evil in Medieval Orient

Summary/Abstract: In the miniatures from the Medieval Islamic world, one of the main themes is the quasicosmic conflict between Good and Evil represented by their respective champions. Since the fall of Adam, the earth has become the kingdom of devils. These evil creatures have control over some particular places and are able to pervert the heart of man. The great epic of the kings of Persia draws a topography of evil places: the heart of the world is the Iranian kingdom surrounded by countries filled with enemies and demons, but the limits of the world are the most dangerous places, especially the surrounding ocean. The most interesting to be noted is that all places are ambivalent ones, good and bad at the same time, in fact completely dependent of the beings that inhabit them.

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