The book in the Islamic world : the written word and communication in the Middle East / edited by George N. Atiyeh.
Contributor(s): Atiyeh, George N. (George Nicholas)
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TextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Description: xviii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 079142474X (pbk. : alk. paper); 0791424731 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Books -- Middle East -- History -- Congresses | Middle East -- Intellectual life -- Congresses | Manuscripts -- Islamic countries -- Congresses | Printing -- Middle East -- History -- CongressesDDC classification: 002/.0956 LOC classification: Z8.M63 | B66 1995Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | Midrange | BP10 .B66 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182902035142 |
Consists of papers presented at a conference held November 8-9, 1990 at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.
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 / Wadād al-Qāḍī -- The book in the grammatical tradition : development in content and methods / Ranzi Baalbaki -- Women's roles in the art of Arabic calligraphy / Salāh al-Dīn 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 Çağman -- Fāris Al-Shidyāq 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.