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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778696103321

Autore

Gacek Adam

Titolo

The Arabic manuscript tradition [[electronic resource] ] : a glossary of technical terms and bibliography--supplement / / by Adam Gacek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-282-39814-8

9786612398148

90-474-3299-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, The near and Middle East ; ; v. 95

Disciplina

011/.31

Soggetti

Manuscripts, Arabic - History

Codicology

Arabic language - English

Paleography, Arabic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / A. Gacek -- Glossary / A. Gacek -- Abbreviations / A. Gacek -- I. General And Introductory Studies / A. Gacek -- II. Writing Surfaces, Materials And Implements / A. Gacek -- III. Textblock (Quires, Signatures And Foliation) / A. Gacek -- IV. The Text, Its Composition And Arrangement / A. Gacek -- V. Transmission Of Knowledge / A. Gacek -- VI. Arabic Alphabet, Scripts And Palaeography / A. Gacek -- VII. The Arts Of The Book / A. Gacek -- VIII. Qur’Anic Manuscripts / A. Gacek -- IX. Textual Criticism And Editing / A. Gacek -- X. Cataloguing / A. Gacek -- XI. Preservation And Conservation / A. Gacek -- XII. Catalogues Of Manuscripts, Collections, Etc. / A. Gacek -- Index Of Works Cited (Amt And Supplement) / A. Gacek.

Sommario/riassunto

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.