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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956569203321

Titolo

Ismaili and other Arabic manuscripts : a descriptive catalogue of manuscripts in the Library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies / / edited by Delia Cortese

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2000

ISBN

9780755699100

0755699106

9781786733559

1786733552

9781786723550

1786723557

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 pages)

Disciplina

011.31

Soggetti

Ismaili literature - Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Arabic

Manuscripts, Arabic - Great Britain - London

Islamic studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part One: Ismaili Manuscripts -- 1. Works by Individual Authors -- 2. Anonymous Works -- 3. Majmū'āt (Collected Works) -- Part Two: Non-Ismaili Manuscripts -- 4. Works by Non-Ismaili Authors -- Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Titles -- Plates -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

"Ismaili and Other Arabic Manuscripts is a supplement to Adam Gacek's two-volume Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, published in London, 1984-1985. This new catalogue includes 189 Arabic manuscripts not listed earlier by Gacek or which have been acquired since then by the Institute of Ismaili Studies Library. The majority of the works belong to the theological, philosophical and historical traditions of Fatimid and post-Fatimid



Yemeni Ismaili literature, including manuscripts by important and hitherto unknown authors from Syria. The catalogue is arranged alphabetically by author and chronologically by title and provides details of the content of each work and other relevant information of a literary, historical and doctrinal nature. There are references to other catalogues listing the same works to be found in other collections, followed by details of the main editions, translations and studies. Ismaili and Other Arabic Manuscripts is fully illustrated with colour photographs of selected manuscripts."--Bloomsbury Publishing.