Arabic manuscripts : a vademecum for readers

Arabic manuscripts : a vademecum for readers / by Adam Gacek.

The main sequence is comprised of approximately 200 entries dealing with almost all aspects of Arabic manuscript studies (codicology and paleography); includes appendices covering abbreviations, letterforms, såurah-headings, major reference works, and a guide to the description of manuscripts, as w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gacek, Adam
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 98. Bd.
Subjects:
Manuscripts, Arabic > History > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Paleography, Arabic > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Codicology > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Paleography.
paleography.
06.10 manuscript studies: general.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
REFERENCE.
Codicology
Manuscripts, Arabic
Paleography, Arabic
Handschrift
Paläographie
Handschriften.
Arabisch.
Handbooks and manuals
History
Handboeken (vorm)
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction; Transliteration Table; Note on Transcriptions; Illustrations and Credits; Main Alphabetical Sequence (A-Z); Works Cited and Abbreviations; Appendix I: Non-specific (General) Abbreviations Encountered in Arabic Manuscripts; Appendix II: Major Arabic Letterforms Based on Mamluk and Ottoman Texts on Calligraphy; Appendix III: Alphabetical Table of Qur'anic Suras; Appendix IV: Bibliographic Guide; Appendix V: Describing the Manuscript; Chart 1: Muslim-Christian Calendar; Chart 2: Major Historical Periods; Chart 3: Major Muslim Dynasties.

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