Social Codicology : The Multiple Lives of Manuscripts in Muslim Societies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910984502003321
• Autore: Akkerman Olly
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : BRILL, , 2024; ©2025
• ISBN: 9789004689329; 900468932X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (484 pages)
• Collana: Leiden Studies in Islam and Society Series ; ; v.21
• Disciplina: 892.709
• Soggetti: Manuscripts - Islamic countries - History; Codicology - Islamic countries - History; Conference papers and proceedings.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: This study includes a wide range of contributions on the materiality and social practices of book copying, consuming, collecting, storing, venerating, discarding and preserving, both in historical and contemporary societies, stretching from Mauritania to Yemen, Kerala, and Malaysia.