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

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Author / Creator:Gacek, Adam.
Imprint:Boston : Brill, 2001.
Description:269 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Arabic
Series:Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Orientalistik. Section one, the Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; v. 58
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 58. Bd.
Subject:Manuscripts, Arabic -- History -- Bibliography.
Codicology -- Dictionaries.
Paleography, Arabic -- Bibliography.
Arabic language.
Codicology.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Paleography, Arabic.
Bibliography.
Dictionaries.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4461075
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ISBN:9004120610 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Glossary ([characters not reproducible])
  • 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 (wiraqah)
  • 7.. Libraries (selected bibliographies and studies)
  • 8.. History of manuscripts (ownership statements, seal impressions, waqf-statements, etc.)
  • 9.. Popular culture in manuscripts
  • 10.. Forgeries
  • 11.. Terminology
  • 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
  • Bibliography
  • Papermaking recipes and ethics
  • Studies
  • b). Watermarked paper and filigranology
  • 5.. Inks, inkwells, pens and other writing accessories
  • III.. Textblock (Quires, Signatures, Etc.)
  • 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
  • a). Bibliography, chronology
  • b). Alpha-numerical and numerical systems
  • c). Abjad, hisab al-jummal, chronograms
  • d). Greek (Coptic) numerals
  • e). Rumi (Fasi) numerals
  • f). Dating by fractions
  • g). Calendars, conversion tables, dynasties
  • 5.. Abbreviations
  • 6.. Arabic nomenclature
  • 7.. Transcription, corrections and etiquette
  • V.. Transmission of Knowledge
  • 1.. General studies
  • 2.. Transmission of individual works
  • 3.. Ijazat and samaat
  • VI.. Arabic Alphabet, Scripts and Palaeography
  • 1.. Albums and exhibition catalogues
  • 2.. Library catalogues with reproductions of specimens
  • 3.. Studies
  • a). General
  • b). Maghribi and African scripts
  • VII.. The Arts of the Book
  • 1.. General
  • a). Bibliographies
  • b). General studies and exhibition catalogues
  • c). Albums (muraqqa at)
  • 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
  • a). Drawing
  • b). Other studies
  • c). Descriptions of individual works
  • 5.. Lacquer
  • 6.. Papercuts
  • 7.. Decorated paper (marbled paper, etc.)
  • 8.. Bookbinding
  • a). Bibliography
  • b). Pre-18th century texts
  • c). Other studies
  • VIII.. Quranic Manuscripts
  • 1.. Exhibition catalogues
  • 2.. Early Qur'ans and fragments
  • 3.. Later Qur'ans
  • 4.. Facsimile editions
  • IX.. Textual Criticism and Editing
  • 1.. General studies
  • 2.. Some specific cases
  • X.. Cataloguing
  • XI.. Preservation and Conservation
  • XII.. Catalogues of Manuscripts, Collections, Etc.
  • 1.. Bibliographies and bio-bibliographies of the Arabic heritage
  • 2.. Lists of dated manuscripts
  • 3.. Catalogues of catalogues
  • 4.. Descriptions of collections and catalogues
  • 5.. Catalogues of edited manuscripts