@book{10803,
author = {Doris Behrens-Abouseif},
title = {The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517): Scribes, Libraries, and Markets},
year = {2019},
pages = {178 pp.},
publisher = {Brill},
address = {Leiden, Netherlands},
isbn = {9789004387003},
note = {
Contents:
- The legacy
- The classical heritage
- The Fatimid and Ayyubid legacies
- Mamluk libraries
- Patronage of the Mamluk book
- A palace library?
- The libraries of religious institutions
- The librarians in religious institutions
- Private libraries and endowments
- Book circulation and storage
- Borrowing practices
- The size of libraries
- The size of books
- The physical setting
- The market
- Location and environment
- Dealers and publishers
- Value, prices, and fees
- The Mamluk scribe : background and formation
- Terminology and definition
- Writing and copying
- From oral to written books and back
- Books from the barracks
- The Mamluk master calligraphers
- The art and practice of calligraphy
- Teaching writing and calligraphy
- The social and cultural contexts
- Calligraphers and craftsmen
- Calligraphers and the aristocracy
- The chain of Mamluk calligraphers
- The Syrian school
- The Egyptian school
},
language = {English},
}