Title A monument to medieval Syrian book culture: the library of Ibn ʻAbd al-Hādī / Konrad Hirschler

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (x, 612 pages, 78 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white, and color), maps, facsimiles Series Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture. Summary This work discusses the largest private book collection of the pre-Ottoman Arabic Middle East for which we have both a paper trail and a surviving corpus of the manuscripts that once sat on its shelves: the Ibn Abd al-Hadi Library of Damascus Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 555-573) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1306-1344 -- Library Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1306-1344. Private libraries -- Syria -- Damascus -- History Muslim scholars -- Books and reading Muslim scholars -- Syria -- Damascus Manuscripts, Arabic -- Syria -- Damascus -- Catalogs HISTORY -- Medieval. Muslim scholars. Manuscripts, Arabic. Libraries. Private libraries. Syria -- Damascus. Genre/Form Electronic books Catalogs. History. Form Electronic book Author Maktabat al-Asad (Damascus, Syria). Manuscript. 3190 ISBN 9781474451598 1474451594 9781474476836 147447683X

Other Titles Library of Ibn ʻAbd al-Hādī

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