Pre-Modern Arabic Documents : A Concise Introduction into Reading and Publishing / / Andreas Kaplony

• Autore: Kaplony Andreas
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; Boston, : De Gruyter, , [2026]; ©2026
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XII, 150 p.)
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Study & Teaching; RELIGION / Islam / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern
• Soggetto non controllato: Arabci documents; Papyrus; parchment; paper; Andalusian Studies; Mamluk Studies; Arabische Dokumente; Pergament; Papier; Andalusien; Mamluken; Papyrus, parchment, paper
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1Introduction: The Challenge of Reading Arabic Documents -- Arabic Papyrology as an Academic Field in Its Wider Context -- Excursus I: Getting Access to Collections and Archives -- A Formal (Diplomatic) Typology of Arabic Documents -- Writing a Standard Edition -- Excursus II: Five Steps to Get Going with a Specific Document - And a Remark on Publishing Many Documents at One Time
• Sommario/riassunto: Reading Arabic original documents is a serious challenge. At first sight, Arabic original documents seem to be casual and therefore rather illegible. Yet upon closer acquaintance, the opposite shows to be true: Arabic documents are highly formal. Written by professional scribes, they follow rather strict rules (not to speak of fashions) in both text and layout. However, only a few scholars have learned to read them and now take advantage of this formality, and only a very few of these share their knowledge with others. Making this know-how accessible to a wider public is the explicit aim of this handbook: how to deal, in a cautious and self-critical way, with pre-17th-century Arabic documents on papyrus, paper, potsherds, parchment, etc. - how to find them, how to publish them, and how to use them as a source for research in linguistics, literary studies, and writing history.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pre-Modern Arabic Documents
• ISBN: 3-11-224814-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996732997603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno