| Description |
1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Islamic Manuscripts and Bks |
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Islamic Manuscripts and Bks
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface: Organic Orientalism -- An Essay on Acknowledgments: From Munby Fellowship to House of Wisdom and Friendship -- Tables -- Figures -- Transliteration Format -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1. Background and Journey -- 2.1. Birth of a Prolific Orientalist -- 2. Scholar of Islamic Materials -- 3. Arabic Instructor -- 4. Mentor -- 5. Publisher -- 6. Seeker of Knowledge -- 6. Grieving the Loss of Erpenius: Husband, Father and Professor |
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7. Erpenius' Library upon His Death -- 7.1. Arabic Manuscripts -- 7.2. Persian Manuscripts -- 7.3. Turkish Manuscripts -- 7.4. Hebrew Manuscripts -- 7.5. Syriac Manuscripts -- 7.6. Indian Manuscripts -- Chapter 2. Erpenius' Library in England -- 1. English Intellectual Context -- 2. Erpenius' Library Becomes the Duke's Library -- 3. Duke's Library after an Assassination -- Chapter 3. The Significance of Erpenius' Library: An Overview -- 1. Contents and Physical Features -- 2. Erpenius' Southeast Asian Materials: Importance and Rarity -- 2.1. MS Dd.3.82 -- 2.2. MS Dd.5.37 |
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2.3. MS Gg.6.40 -- 2.4. MS Gg.5.22 -- 2.5. Ll.6.5 -- Chapter 4. On "Reconstructing the Erpenius Collection" -- 1. Two Perspectives -- 2. On Cataloguing -- 3. Note on the Entries -- 4. Covers and Bindings -- 5. Format and Structure -- Chapter 5. Erpenius' Library Preserved at CUL: A Catalogue -- 1. Items and Descriptions -- 2. Debated Manuscripts -- Bibliography -- Index of Manuscripts and Treatises (Titles and Classmarks) -- Index of Names (Figures, Authors, Scribes and Owners) -- Index of Places and Historical Sites -- General Index -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
The first extant catalogue of rare African, Middle Eastern and Asian manuscripts belonging to Thomas Erpenius (d. 1624), the renowned Dutch Orientalist and Chair of Arabic Studies at Leiden University along with a fully developed introduction about his life, academic journey, manuscripts and their arrival at Cambridge University Library in the 17th century |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Erpenius, Thomas, 1584-1624 -- Library
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Cambridge University Library -- Catalogs
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Private libraries -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental -- England -- Cambridge -- Catalogs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9004712607 |
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9789004712607 |
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