Hirschler, Konrad,

Medieval Damascus : plurality and diversity in an Arabic library : the Ashrafiya library catalogue / Konrad Hirschler. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (525 pages, 54 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). - Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture .

Includes bibliographies and index.

This book discusses the largest and earliest medieval library of the Middle East for which we have documentation - the Ashrafiya library in the very centre of Damascus - and edits its catalogue.



9781474408783

GBB6J3480 bnb

018110246 Uk


Arabic libraries--Syria--Damascus.
Library catalogs--Syria--Damascus.


Electronic Books.

Z675 / .M435 2016