Owning Books and Preserving Documents in Medieval Jerusalem The Library of Burhan Al-Din
Explores the only known private book collection from medieval Jerusalem Translates, edits and discusses the most important Arabic medieval book list for Jerusalem – the largest known dataset on book pricesRethinks the notion of archival and documentary practices in the Mamluk period Provides a new a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
[2023]
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762739906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Argument and Historiographical Setting: Books, Documents and Social Practice
- Part I The Narrative
- 1 Making a Living in Endowments
- 2 Beyond Endowment
- 3 Archival Practices and Pragmatic Literacy
- 4 Lists and Inventories: The Sale Booklet’s Documentary Logic
- 5 The Making and Unmaking of a Prestige Library
- 6 Book Prices
- Looking Beyond Jerusalem: The Dynamics of the Written Word and its Materiality
- Part II The Documents
- 7 Analysis and Edition of the Sale Booklet
- 8 Analysis and Edition of the Documentary Network around the Sale Booklet
- Appendix 1 Overview of Documents Linked to Burhān al-Dīn’s Life and Estate
- Appendix 2 Edition of Sixteen Documents Linked to Burhān al-Dīn’s Life and Estate
- Appendix 3 List of Edited Ḥaram al-sharīf Documents
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Authors in Burhān al-Dīn’s Library
- Index of Book Titles in Burhān al-Dīn’s Library
- Index of Buyers in the Auction of Burhān al-Dīn’s Estate
- Index of Subjects in Burhān al-Dīn’s Library
- Index of Objects Other than Books in Burhān al-Dīn’s Estate
- Index of Ḥaram al-sharīf Documents
