The Arabic manuscript tradition : a glossary of technical terms and bibliography /
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Author / Creator: | Gacek, Adam. |
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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 |
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