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Author Gacek, Adam

Title Arabic manuscripts : a vademecum for readers / by Adam Gacek
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 338 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, the Near and Middle East ancient Near East, 0169-9423 ; v. 98
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 98. Bd.
Contents 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
Summary 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, sÄurah-headings, major reference works, and a guide to the description of manuscripts, as well as charts of major historical periods and dynasties
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Manuscripts, Arabic -- History -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Paleography, Arabic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Codicology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Paleography.
Manuscripts
Paleography
paleography.
06.10 manuscript studies: general.
REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
REFERENCE.
Codicology
Manuscripts, Arabic
Paleography, Arabic
Handschrift
PalÀographie
Handschriften.
Arabisch.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- History -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Paleography, Arabic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Codicology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Arabisch.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
History
Handboeken (vorm)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009010953
ISBN 9004170367
9789004170360
9789047443032
9047443039