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The book in the Islamic world : the written word and communication in the Middle East / edited by George N. Atiyeh. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press ; (c)1995.; [Washington, District of Columbia] : Library of Congress, (c)1995.Description: xviii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780791424735
  • 9780791424742
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z8
  • Z8.A872.B665 1995
Available additional physical forms:
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Contents:
Muhsin Mahdi -- The Koranic text : from revelation to compilation Jacques Berque -- "Of making many books there is no end" : the classical Muslim view Franz Rosenthal -- Oral transmission and the book in Islamic education Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The book of life-metaphors connected with the book in Islamic literatures Annemarie Schimmel -- Biographical dictionaries : inner structure and cultural significance Wadad al-Qadi -- The book in the grammatical tradition : development in content and methods Ranzi Baalbaki -- Women's roles in the art of Arabic calligraphy Salah al-Din al-Munajjid -- Some illustrations in Islamic scientific manuscripts and their secrets David A. King -- A royal manuscript and its transformation : the life history of a book Priscilla P. Soucek and Filiz Cagman -- Faris Al-Shidyaq and the transition from scribal to print culture in the Middle East Geoffrey Roper -- The book in the modern Arab world : the cases of Lebanon and Egypt George N. Atiyeh -- Mass higher education and the religious imagination in contemporary Arab societies Dale F. Eickelman -- The book in the Islamic world : a selective bibliography Michael W. Albin.
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Consists of papers presented at a conference held November 8-9, 1990 at the Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia.

From the manuscript age to the age of printed books Muhsin Mahdi -- The Koranic text : from revelation to compilation Jacques Berque -- "Of making many books there is no end" : the classical Muslim view Franz Rosenthal -- Oral transmission and the book in Islamic education Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The book of life-metaphors connected with the book in Islamic literatures Annemarie Schimmel -- Biographical dictionaries : inner structure and cultural significance Wadad al-Qadi -- The book in the grammatical tradition : development in content and methods Ranzi Baalbaki -- Women's roles in the art of Arabic calligraphy Salah al-Din al-Munajjid -- Some illustrations in Islamic scientific manuscripts and their secrets David A. King -- A royal manuscript and its transformation : the life history of a book Priscilla P. Soucek and Filiz Cagman -- Faris Al-Shidyaq and the transition from scribal to print culture in the Middle East Geoffrey Roper -- The book in the modern Arab world : the cases of Lebanon and Egypt George N. Atiyeh -- Mass higher education and the religious imagination in contemporary Arab societies Dale F. Eickelman -- The book in the Islamic world : a selective bibliography Michael W. Albin.

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