A Monument to Medieval Syrian Book Culture : The Library of Ibn ?Abd Al-H?D? Paperback / softback
by Konrad Hirschler
Part of the Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture series
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In the late medieval period, manuscripts galore circulated in Middle Eastern libraries.
Yet very few book collections have come down to us as such or have left a documentary trail.
This book discusses the largest private book collection of the pre-Ottoman Arabic Middle East for which we have both a paper trail and a surviving corpus of the manuscripts that once sat on its shelves: the Ibn ?Abd al-H?d?
Library of Damascus. The book suggests that this library was part of the owner's symbolic strategy to monumentalise a vanishing world of scholarship bound to his life, family, quarter and home city
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- Pages:624 pages, 20 B/W illustrations 79 colour illustrations
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2021
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- ISBN:9781474451574
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:624 pages, 20 B/W illustrations 79 colour illustrations
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474451574
