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.