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Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517)

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Scribes, Libraries and Market

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvDoris Behrens-Abouseif

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This book is the first to date to be dedicated to the circulation of the book as a commodity in the Mamluk sultanate. It discusses the impact of princely patronage on the production of books, the formation and management of libraries in religious institutions, their size and their physical setting. It documents the significance of private collections and their interaction with institutional libraries and the role of charitable endowments (waqf ) in the life of libraries. The market as a venue of intellectual and commercial exchanges and a production centre is explored with references to prices and fees. The social and professional background of scribes and calligraphers occupies a major place in this study, which also documents the chain of master-calligraphers over the entire Mamluk period. For her study the author relies on biographical dictionaries, chronicles, waqf documents and manuscripts.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-10-11
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt442 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIslamic History and Civilization
Antal sidor178
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004387003

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Doris Behrens-Abouseif is Professor (emerita), SOAS, University of London. From 2000 to 2014 she held the Nasser D. Khalili Chair of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS. Her list of publications covers a wide range of subjects from the early period to the 19th century with focus on Egypt and Syria: history of Islamic architecture and urbanism, cultural history, concepts of aesthetics, material culture and the decorative arts.

AcknowledgmentsFiguresNote to the ReaderIntroduction1 The Legacy1 The Classical Heritage2 The Fatimid and Ayyubid Legacies2 Mamluk Libraries1 Patronage of the Mamluk Book2 A Palace Library?3 The Libraries of Religious Institutions4 The Librarians in Religious Institutions3 Private Libraries and Endowments4 Book Circulation and Storage1 Borrowing Practices2 The Size of Libraries3 The Size of Books4 The Physical Setting5 The Market1 Location and Environment2 Dealers and Publishers3 Value, Prices, and Fees6 The Mamluk Scribe: Background and Formation1 Terminology and Definition2 Writing and Copying3 From Oral to Written Books and Back4 Books from the Barracks7 The Mamluk Master Calligraphers1 The Art and Practice of Calligraphy2 Teaching Writing and Calligraphy3 The Social and Cultural Contexts4 Calligraphers and Craftsmen5 Calligraphers and the Aristocracy8 The Chain of Mamluk Calligraphers1 The Syrian School2 The Egyptian SchoolEpilogueBibliographyIndex

"The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria is highly informative and makes use of all the available information, clearly a product of serious research and passion for the author’s subject. It is also a product of love for the book itself and for bibliophiles, full with all sorts of interesting stories and remarks..." Sotiris S. Livas, in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies 28 (2019)“[…] it is a comprehensive summary of our existing state of knowledge, and paints a lively and entertaining picture of lives lived among books in Mamluk Egypt and Syria.” Paul Auchterlonie, University of Exeter in: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 141, No. 4 (2021).