TY - SER
AU - Doris Behrens-Abouseif
CY - Leiden, Netherlands
LA - English
N1 - <p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The legacy </li><li>The classical heritage </li><li>The Fatimid and Ayyubid legacies </li><li>Mamluk libraries </li><li>Patronage of the Mamluk book </li><li>A palace library? </li><li>The libraries of religious institutions </li><li>The librarians in religious institutions </li><li>Private libraries and endowments </li><li>Book circulation and storage </li><li>Borrowing practices </li><li>The size of libraries </li><li>The size of books </li><li>The physical setting </li><li>The market </li><li>Location and environment </li><li>Dealers and publishers </li><li>Value, prices, and fees </li><li>The Mamluk scribe : background and formation </li><li>Terminology and definition </li><li>Writing and copying </li><li>From oral to written books and back </li><li>Books from the barracks </li><li>The Mamluk master calligraphers </li><li>The art and practice of calligraphy </li><li>Teaching writing and calligraphy </li><li>The social and cultural contexts </li><li>Calligraphers and craftsmen </li><li>Calligraphers and the aristocracy </li><li>The chain of Mamluk calligraphers </li><li>The Syrian school </li><li>The Egyptian school</li></ul>
PB - Brill
PP - Leiden, Netherlands
PY - 2019
SN - 9789004387003
EP - 178 pp.
TI - The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517): Scribes, Libraries, and Markets
ER -