A Monument to Medieval Syrian Book Culture: The Library of Ibn 'Abd al-Hadi

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2020
Contributors Author: Konrad Hirschler
Language
Number of Pages
612 pp.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
City
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Chronological Period
ISBN
9781474451567
Annotation

Examines the private collection of a Muslim scholar, Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (approximately 1306-1344) 

Contents: 

  • Setting the Scene: The World of a Late Medieval Middling Scholar
  • Monumentalising the Past
  • Binding Matters -- From Stand-Alone Booklet to Monumental Composite Manuscript
  • Conclusion: The After-Life of the Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī Collection
  • The Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī fihrist: Title Identification
  • The Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī fihrist: Edition