A Second Supplementary Hand-list of the Muhammadan Manuscripts in the University and Colleges of Cambridge
A Second Supplementary Hand-list of the Muhammadan Manuscripts in the University and Colleges of Cambridge

Author: A. J. Arberry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-09-19

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 1107623855

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Originally published in 1952, this book was written as a continuation of the catalogues of Islamic manuscripts in Cambridge University Library created by Edward Granville Browne. As noted in the preface, the text was 'compiled upon economic lines; but though austere, it will be found to contain the references adequate to establish the identity and significance of each item.' This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Islamic manuscripts and bibliography.

Persian Literature - A Bio-Bibliographical Survey
Persian Literature - A Bio-Bibliographical Survey

Author: Francois De Blois

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1135467137

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This famous work from the Royal Asiatic Society is an indispensable tool for all serious students of Persian literature, history and culture, and a welcome companion to Persian literature in its most glorious period. This volume is the second, revised edition of three parts published in 1992 and 1994.

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Publisher: Brill Archive

Published:

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13:

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The Pauline Epistles in Arabic
The Pauline Epistles in Arabic

Author: Vevian Zaki

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-18

Total Pages: 697

ISBN-13: 9004463259

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In this study, Vevian Zaki places the Arabic versions of the Pauline Epistles in their historical context, exploring when, where, and how they were produced, transmitted, understood, and adapted among Eastern Christian communities across the centuries. She also considers the transmission and use of these texts among Muslim polemicists, as well as European missionaries and scholars. Underpinning the study is a close investigation of the manuscripts and a critical examination of their variant readings. The work concludes with a case study: an edition and translation of the Epistle to the Philippians from manuscripts London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13; a comparison of the translation strategies employed in these two versions; and an investigation of the possible relations between them.

Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Author: Benedek Péri

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-05-29

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 9004368396

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The Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was established in 1826. Its collection of Persian manuscripts is the most comprehensive set of its kind in Hungary. The volumes were produced in four major cultural centres of the Persianate world, the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Central Asia and India during a span of time that extends from the 14th to the 19th century. Collected mainly by enthusiastic private collectors and acknowledged scholars the manuscripts have preserved several unique texts or otherwise interesting copies of well-known works. Though the bulk of the collection has been part of Library holdings for almost a century, the present volume is the first one to describe these manuscripts in a detailed and systematic way.

A Late Mamluk Medical Regimen for Travellers
A Late Mamluk Medical Regimen for Travellers

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-10-24

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 9004708200

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The fifteenth-century travel regimen entitled al-Isfār ʿan ḥikam al-asfār (‘The unveiling of the wisdoms of the books’) written by the Cairene jurist-physician Ibn al-Amshāṭī (d. 1496) is an interesting example of the postclassical medical literature. It includes, besides a travel regimen (written likely as a health guide for the pilgrimage to Mecca), a short pharmacopoeia of single and compound remedies deemed useful for the traveller. The work was composed for Kamāl al-Dīn al-Bārizī (d. 1452), the head of the Mamluk Chancery. The Arabic edition, English translation, and commentary of this text are framed by a detailed introductory study of the Arabic-language tradition of travel regimens and various medico-pharmacological glossaries.