The Manuscript Tradition of the Islamic West
| Author | : Umberto Bongianino |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| Genre | : ART |
| ISBN | : 9781474499606 |
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The Islamic Manuscript Tradition
| Author | : Christiane J. Gruber |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 0253353777 |
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The rich and varied traditions of Islamic book art
The Book in the Islamic World
| Author | : George N. Atiyeh |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 1995-07-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 079149540X |
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The Book in the Islamic World brings together serious studies on the book as an intellectual entity and as a vehicle of cultural development. Written by a group of distinguished scholars, it examines and reflects upon this unique tool of communication not as a physical artifact but as a manifestation of the aspirations, values, and wisdom of Arabs and Muslims in general. The Islamic system of book production differed from that of the West. This volume shows the peculiarities of book making and the intellectual principles that governed a book's inner structure, mysteries, and impact on culture. Investigated and explained are the issues involved in printing; the compilation of the Koran, the most important book in Islam; attitudes toward books; the oral versus the written tradition; metaphors of the book in literature; biographical dictionaries, an important genre of Islamic books; the grammatical tradition; women's contribution to calligraphy; scientific manuscripts; the transition from scribal to print culture; publishing in the modern Arab World; and the new electronic media, a non-book vehicle of communication, and its impact on education.
The Trans-Saharan Book Trade
| Author | : Graziano Krätli |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 441 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9004187421 |
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Concerned with the history of scholarly production, book markets and trans-Saharan exchanges in Muslim African (primarily western and northern Africa), as well as the creation of manuscript libraries, this book consists of a collection of twelve essays that examine these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The Manuscript Tradition of the Islamic West
| Author | : Umberto Bongianino |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh Studies in Islamic A |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9781474499583 |
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Explores the aesthetic dimensions, cultural significance and ideological power of Maghribī manuscripts This book traces the history of manuscript production in the Islamic West, between the 10th and the 12th centuries. It interrogates the material evidence that survives from this period, paying special attention to the origin and development of Maghribī round scripts, the distinctive form of Arabic writing employed in al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia) and Northwest Africa. More than 200 dated manuscripts written in Maghribī round scripts - many of which have not previously been published and are of great historical significance - are presented and discussed. This allows for a reconstruction of the activity of Maghribī calligraphers, copyists, notaries and secretaries, and a better understanding of the development of their practices. A blend of art historical methods, palaeographic analyses and a thorough scrutiny of Arabic sources paints a comprehensive and lively picture of Maghribī manuscript culture - from its beginnings under the Umayyads of Cordova up to the heyday of the Almohad caliphate. This book lifts the veil on a glorious, yet neglected season in the history of Arabic calligraphy, shedding new light on a tradition that was crucial for the creation of the Andalusi identity and its spread throughout the medieval Mediterranean. Key Features Exposes the richness and sophistication of Maghribī manuscript culture, including parchment- and papermaking, calligraphy, illumination, bookbinding and chancery practices Approaches social and cultural history through the study of manuscripts as artefacts Shows that calligraphy and scribal practices were a key element in the construction of political and identity discourses Includes a comprehensive catalogue of 252 dated manuscripts in Maghribī round scripts (including Qur'ans and chancery documents), the majority of which are unpublished Lavishly illustrated with over 100 colour images Umberto Bongianino is Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Art and Architecture at the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford.
The Arts and Crafts of Literacy
| Author | : Andrea Brigaglia |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2017-09-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 3110541645 |
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During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa has questioned the long-standing approach of Africa as a continent only characterized by orality and legitimately assigned to the continent the status of a civilization of written literacy. However, most of the existing studies mainly aim at serving literary and historical purposes, and focus only on the textual dimension of the manuscripts. This book advances on the contrary a holistic approach to the study of these manuscripts and gather contributions on the different dimensions of the manuscript, i.e. the materials, the technologies, the practices and the communities involved in the production, commercialization, circulation, preservation and consumption. The originality of this book is found in its methodological approach as well as its comparative geographic focus, presenting studies on a continental scale, including regions formerly neglected by existing scholarship, provides a unique opportunity to expand our still scanty knowledge of the different manuscript cultures that the African continent has developed and that often can still be considered as living traditions.
The History of the Book in the Middle East
| Author | : Geoffrey Roper |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 639 |
| Release | : 2017-03-02 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1351888285 |
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This selection of papers by scholarly specialists offers an introduction to the history of the book and book culture in West Asia and North Africa from antiquity to the 20th century. The flourishing and long-lived manuscript tradition is discussed in its various aspects - social and economic as well as technical and aesthetic. The very early but abortive introduction of printing - long before Gutenberg - and the eventual, belated acceptance of the printed book and the development of print culture are explored in further groups of papers. Cultural, aesthetic, technological, religious, social, political and economic factors are all considered throughout the volume. Although the articles reflect the predominance in the area of Muslim books - Arabic, Persian and Turkish - the Hebrew, Syriac and Armenian contributions are also discussed. The editor’s introduction provides a survey of the field from the origins of writing to the modern literary and intellectual revivals.
The Arabic Manuscript Tradition
| Author | : Adam Gacek |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2017-07-31 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9047400844 |
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Covering the entire spectrum of Arabic manuscripts, and especially the handwritten book, this book consists of a glossary of technical terms and a bibliography. The technical terms, collected from a variety of sources, embrace a vast range of topics dealing with the making and reading (studying) of Arabic manuscripts. They include: the Arabic scripts, penmanship, writing materials and implements, the make-up of the codex, copying and correction, decoration and bookbinding. A similar coverage is reflected in the bibliography. In view of the fact that, as yet, there is no concise monograph on Arabic manuscripts in the English language, this book is an important contribution to this field. And, since Arabic manuscripts represent an enormous resource for research, this work is an indispensable reference for all students of Islamic civilization.
Ibadi Muslims of North Africa
| Author | : Paul M. Love, Jr |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2018-09-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 110866590X |
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The Ibadi Muslims, a little-known minority community, have lived in North Africa for over a thousand years. Combining an analysis of Arabic manuscripts with digital tools used in network analysis, Paul M. Love, Jr takes readers on a journey across the Maghrib and beyond as he traces the paths of a group of manuscripts and the Ibadi scholars who used them. Ibadi scholars of the Middle Period (eleventh–sixteenth century) wrote a series of collective biographies (prosopographies), which together constructed a cumulative tradition that connected Ibadi Muslims from across time and space, bringing them together into a 'written network'. From the Mzab valley in Algeria to the island of Jerba in Tunisia, from the Jebel Nafusa in Libya to the bustling metropolis of early-modern Cairo, this book shows how people and books worked in tandem to construct and maintain an Ibadi Muslim tradition in the Maghrib.
Islamic Manuscripts of Late Medieval Rum, 1270s-1370s
| Author | : Jackson Cailah Jackson |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2020-09-04 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1474451519 |
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Between the Mongol invasions in the mid-13th century and the rise of the Ottomans in the late 14th century, the Lands of Rum were marked by instability and conflict. Despite this, a rich body of illuminated manuscripts from the period survives, explored here in this extensively illustrated volume. Meticulously analysing 15 beautifully decorated Arabic and Persian manuscripts, including Qur'ans, mirrors-for-princes, historical chronicles and Sufi works, Cailah Jackson traces the development of calligraphy and illumination in late medieval Anatolia. She shows that the central Anatolian city of Konya, in particular, was a dynamic centre of artistic activity and that local Turcoman princes, Seljuk bureaucrats and Mevlevi dervishes all played important roles in manuscript production and patronage.
