The Arabic manuscript tradition : a glossary of technical terms and bibliography--supplement /

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Author / Creator:Gacek, Adam.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Description:xv, 304 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, The near and Middle East ; v. 95
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 95. Bd.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6828978
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ISBN:9789004165403 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004165401 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Transliteration table
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Sources/References
  • 2. Technical terms in the glossary
  • Part 2. Bibliography
  • I. General and Introductory Studies
  • 1. Bibliographies
  • 2. Periodicals
  • 3. Conference proceedings and composite works
  • 4. General studies and surveys
  • 5. Selected studies of one or more manuscripts
  • 6. Manuscript production and culture (wir&abar;qah)
  • 7. Libraries
  • 8. History of manuscripts (ownership statements, seal impressions, waqf-statements, etc.)
  • 9. Popular culture in manuscripts
  • 10. Forgeries
  • 11. Terminology
  • 12. Western and Hebrew manuscript studies
  • II. Writing Surfaces, Materials and Implements
  • 1. General studies
  • 2. Papyrus
  • 3. Parchment
  • 4. Paper
  • a). Non-watermarked paper and paper in the Islamic world
  • b). Watermarked paper and filigranology
  • 5. Inks, inkwells, pens and other writing accessories
  • III. Textblock (Quires, Signatures and Foliation)
  • IV. The Text, Its Composition and Arrangement
  • 1. Types of compositions, their parts, etc
  • 2. Page lay-out (mise en page)
  • 3. Colophon and scribal verses
  • 4. Dates, dating and numerals
  • 5. Abbreviations
  • 6. Arabic nomenclature, titles of honour, etc
  • 7. Transcription, corrections and etiquette
  • V. Transmission of Knowledge
  • 1. General studies
  • 2. Transmission of individual works
  • 3. Ij&abar;z&abar;t and sam&abar;'&abar;t
  • VI. Arabic Alphabet, Scripts and Palaeography
  • 1. Library and exhibition catalogues with reproductions of specimens
  • 2. Studies
  • VII. The Arts of The Book
  • 1. General studies and exhibition catalogues
  • 2. Calligraphy
  • a). Bibliographies and dictionaries
  • b). Exhibition catalogues
  • c). Pre-20th century texts on calligraphy and penmanship
  • d). Calligraphers and calligraphers' diplomas
  • e). Studies and albums (by modern calligraphers)
  • 3. Ornament and painted decoration
  • 4. Painted illustration
  • 5. Decorated paper (marbled paper, etc.)
  • 6. Bookbinding
  • VIII. Qur'anic Manuscripts
  • 1. General studies
  • 2. Exhibition, library catalogues and lists
  • 3. Early Qur'ans and fragments
  • 4. Later Qur'ans
  • 5. Facsimile editions and CD-ROMs
  • IX. Textual Criticism and Editing
  • X. Cataloguing
  • XI. Preservation and Conservation
  • XII. Catalogues of Manuscripts, Collections, Etc
  • 1. World catalogues
  • 2. Catalogues and lists of rare manuscripts
  • 3. Bibliographies and bio-bibliographies of the Arabic heritage
  • 4. Descriptions of collections and catalogues
  • 5. Catalogues of edited manuscripts
  • Index of Works Cited (AMT and Supplement)