The Arabic Manuscript Tradition

A Glossary of Technical Terms and Bibliography - Supplement
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-22143-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

The present work supplements the original volume of The Arabic Manuscript Tradition (AMT), both its glossary of technical terms and bibliography. It includes new entries of technical terms, additional definitions of, and/or citations for, the entries already found in AMT, and recent publications on various aspects of Arabic manuscript studies arranged by subject. Among additional features there are illustrations of various Arabic letterforms and an alphabetical index of all works cited in both AMT and its supplement.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Arabic manuscript studies, the written transmission of knowledge and book culture in Islamic civilization, as well as philologists, editors of Arabic manuscripts, medievalists, and historians of art.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gacek, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Über Autor(innen)

Gacek, Adam
Adam Gacek, former Head of the Islamic Studies Library and Faculty Lecturer in Arabic manuscript studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University (Montreal), is the author of many catalogues, articles and book chapters on Arabic and Persian manuscripts and printed rare books.