Arabic manuscripts: a vademecum for readers
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Main Author: Gacek, Adam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2009
Series:Handbuch der Orientalistik 98. Bd
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
The main sequence is comprised of approximately 200 entries dealing with almost all aspects of Arabic manuscript studies (codicology and paleography); includes appendices covering abbreviations, letterforms, såurah-headings, major reference works, and a guide to the description of manuscripts, as well as charts of major historical periods and dynasties
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Transliteration Table; Note on Transcriptions; Illustrations and Credits; Main Alphabetical Sequence (A-Z); Works Cited and Abbreviations; Appendix I: Non-specific (General) Abbreviations Encountered in Arabic Manuscripts; Appendix II: Major Arabic Letterforms Based on Mamluk and Ottoman Texts on Calligraphy; Appendix III: Alphabetical Table of Qur'anic Suras; Appendix IV: Bibliographic Guide; Appendix V: Describing the Manuscript; Chart 1: Muslim-Christian Calendar; Chart 2: Major Historical Periods; Chart 3: Major Muslim Dynasties
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 338 pages)
ISBN:9004170367
9047443039
9789004170360
9789047443032

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