04217nam 22006611 450 991078419840332120230616235233.01-280-85956-3978661085956690-474-0547-11-4337-0585-010.1163/9789047405474(CKB)1000000000334988(EBL)280704(OCoLC)191939960(SSID)ssj0000217808(PQKBManifestationID)11189928(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217808(PQKBWorkID)10213208(PQKB)10985894(MiAaPQ)EBC280704(Au-PeEL)EBL280704(CaPaEBR)ebr10171584(CaONFJC)MIL85956(nllekb)BRILL9789047405474(EXLCZ)99100000000033498820210731d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPapyrology and the History of Early Islamic Egypt /edited by Petra Sijpesteijn, Lennart SundelinLeiden; Boston :BRILL,2004.1 online resource (294 p.)Islamic History and Civilization ;55Description based upon print version of record.90-04-13886-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface (A. L. Udovitch (Princeton University)); Acknowledgements; List of Plates; Notes on Abbreviations and Dates; Notes on Contributors; Schedule of the Conference ""Documentary Evidence and the History of Early Islamic Egypt"" (Cairo, 23-25 March 2002); Introduction: Papyrology and the Study of Early Islamic Egypt (Lennart Sundelin (Princeton University)); Papyrology and the Utilization of Coptic Sources (S. J. Clackson (Cambridge University)); Two Unpublished Paper Documents and a Papyrus (Alia Hanafi (Ain Shams University, Cairo))L'apport spécialement important de la papyrologie dans la transmission et la codification des plus anciennes versions des Mille et une nuits et d'autres livres des deux premiers siècles islamiques (O.Crum Ad. 15 and the Emergence of Arabic Words in Coptic Legal Documents (Tonio Sebastian Richter (Leipzig University)); Travel and Trade on the River (Petra M. Sijpesteijn (Oxford University)); Documentary Evidence for the Early History of the Barid (Adam Silverstein (Cambridge University))Egyptian Lexical Interference in the Greek of Byzantine and Early Islamic Egypt (Sofía Torallas Tovar (CSIC, Madrid))Sawirus ibn al-Muqaffa' and the Christians of Umayyad Egypt: War and Society in Documentary Context (Frank R. Trombley (University of Wales, Cardiff)); Town Quarters in Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Early Arab Egypt (K. A. Worp (Amsterdam University/Leiden University)); Plates; IndexTens of thousands of documents dating form the late Byzantine and early Islamic periods have been found in Egypt. These texts, written on papyrus and a variety of other materials, in Greek, Coptic Egyptian, and Arabic, offer a unique, but underutilized resource for the study of a society experiencing a profound transformation, this volume collects papers given at the conference "Documentary Evidence and the History of Early Islamic Egypt", including editions of previously unpublished Greek, Coptic, and Arabic documents, historical and linguistic studies which make use of documentary evidence, a discussion of the importance of Arabic literary papyri, and an introduction to papyrology and its relevance for the study of this period of Egyptian history. For more titles about Papyrology, please click here.Islamic History and Civilization ;55.HistorySourcesRegions & CountriesAfricaEgyptHistory640-1250SourcesCongressesHistorySources.Regions & Countries962/.02Sijpesteijn PetraSundelin LennartNL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910784198403321Papyrology and the History of Early Islamic Egypt3751176UNINA