The Arabic Manuscript Tradition

Biographical note Readership Reviews

Publication Type:

Reference Work

Pages, Illustrations:

xvi, 304 pp.

Imprint:

BRILL

Language:

English

Publication Value:

Handbook

Biographical note

Adam Gacek, currently Head of the Islamic Studies Library and a lecturer in Arabic manuscript studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University (Montreal) is the author of six catalogues of manuscripts, many articles and book chapters on various aspects of codicology and paleography, as well as The Arabic Manuscript Tradition: a Glossary of Technical Terms & Bibliography (2001).

Readership

All those interested in Arabic manuscript studies, the written transmission of knowledge and book culture in Islamic cilvilization, as well as philologists, editors of Arabic manuscripts, medievalists, and historians of art.

Reviews

“…an indispensable research, library, and archival companion for students and researchers that are interested in bibliomancy, calligraphy, specifically Arabic, Qur’anic manuscripts, penmanship, bookbinding, papermaking, decoration, and the tools associated with all these crafts. Praise for this monumental effort is essentially superfluous and no library or centre which is concerned with the Islamic manuscript and book tradition should be without the set. Academics and researchers would also find the books as indispensable companions.”
Amidu Olalekan Sanni, JOAS, 2010

€49.00$67.00

Version:

Paperback

Publication Value:

Handbook

ISBN13:

9789004221437

Status:

Available: Print on Demand

The Arabic Manuscript Tradition

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Arabic Manuscripts

Adam Gacek, McGill University (Montreal)

Arranged alphabetically by subject and/or concept and richly illustrated, the present vademecum deals with various aspects of Arabic manuscript studies. A companion volume to my recently published The Arabic Manuscript Tradition (2001) and its Supplement (2008), this work constitutes an ...