From Codicology to Technology : Islamic Manuscripts and Their Place in Scholarship.

Long description: Islamic manuscripts are voices from the past, revealing scholarly debates and networks, as well as aspects of daily life. They allow us to witness the transmission of knowledge and economic and cultural exchanges of centuries gone by. The present articles mirror this variety of asp...

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Main Author: Brinkmann, Stefanie
Other Authors: Wiesmüller, Beate
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Frank & Timme, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Islamic Manuscripts and their Place in Scholarship
  • Notes on the edition
  • Notes on Contributers
  • Introduction
  • An early manuscript of al-Bayá??Ä?wÄ"â€?s AnwÄ?r al-tanzÄ"l and the model it has been copied from
  • Further Research on Itá?ÆÄ?f al-DhakÄ" Manuscripts by IbrÄ?hÄ"m al-KÅ"rÄ?nÄ"
  • “Entirely free from the urge to publishâ€?
  • Inks and page setting in early Qurâ€?Ä?nic manuscripts
  • Some Javanese characteristics of a Qurâ€?Ä?n manuscript from Surakarta
  • An Arabic “Book of Dreamsâ€? from an Ottoman Imperial collection
  • The Arabic Manuscripts at the University of Cambridge and the position of the Cairo Genizah documents among other collectionsPrivate Documents from Oman: The Archive of the â€?AbrÄ"yÄ"n of al-á"ŽamrÄ?â€?
  • Arabic Manuscripts of the National and University Library “St. Kliment Ohridskiâ€?, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • From Past to Present: Islamic Manuscripts in Leipzig1