Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in the Birnbaum Collection, Toronto

A Brief Catalogue
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-38821-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Islamic Manuscripts and Books

Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in the Birnbaum Collection, Toronto includes many early copies, from the 6th century A.H. / 12th century C.E. onwards. They cover a wide range of subjects. The catalogue gives detailed descriptions of 66 Arabic and 34 Persian works, arranged by subject. Author and title indexes provide easy access, and photographs of selected pages enhance the descriptions. The manuscripts were acquired individually over many decades.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Birnbaum, Eleazar

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Catalogue

Arabic Manuscripts
Introduction to the Arabic Manuscripts

A Geography

B Language and Lexicography

C Literature: Poetry

D Literature: Prose

E Qur?an

F Tafsir

G Islam: Other (?adith, ?Aqa?id, Fiqh, Fatwa, Eschatology, Prayer, etc.)

H Sufism

I Druze

J Ethics

K Encyclopedic; Sciences and Pseudosciences; Medicine; Mixed

L Ijaza

M Calligraphy

N Persian Philology

Persian Manuscripts
Introduction to the Persian Manuscripts

A History

B Literature

C Islam; Religion

D Ethics

E Language, Lexicography, and Prosody

F Encyclopedia

G Astrology

H Document

I Addendum: [Majmu?a]

Bibliography and Sigla
Arabic Manuscripts: Author Index
Arabic Manuscripts: Title Index
Concordance of Arabic Manuscripts
Persian Manuscripts: Author Index
Persian Manuscripts: Title Index
Concordance of Persian Manuscripts

Über Autor(innen)

Eleazar Birnbaum began studying Arabic in 1947 at the age of 17, later followed by Turkish and Persian, all at the University of London. He has been an Islamics librarian at the Universities of Durham (England) and Michigan. Since 1964 he has been Professor (now Emeritus) of Turkish Studies at the University of Toronto. Among his recent publications is a catalogue of his own collection of Ottoman Turkish manuscripts: Ottoman Turkish and Çagatay MSS in Canada. A Union Catalogue of the Four Collections (Brill, 2015).