Author
Liebrenz, Boris.
Publication Date
2016
Publication Place
Leiden ; Boston -
Brill
Subject
Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig > History. | Private libraries > Syria > Damascus > History. | Manuscripts, Arabic > Germany > Leipzig > History. | Books and reading > Syria > Damascus > History. | Marginalia > Syria > History. | Damascus (Syria) > Intellectual life. | Damascus (Syria) > History > 1516-1918.
Type
Book
Language
German
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource.
Library
American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID
Unknown
Record ID
40379
Library Location
ARCE Library
Date
2016
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. | In The Rifāʽīya, Boris Liebrenz traces the book culture of Ottoman Syria (16th - 19th centuries) through the focus of the only surviving private library of the era. He asks about the production and transmission of knowledge as well as the social background of readers in the age of handwriting. Studies of Arabic library history have often only focused on the Middle Ages and have been based almost exclusively on literary sources. This is the first monograph to focus on a single region during the Ottoman period and to systematically use the manuscripts and notes of their readers and owners that have come down to us as a documentary source. In this way, she sheds light on the material, legal and social conditions of book ownership and reading practice. In Die Rifāʽīya Boris Liebrenz explores the book culture of Ottoman Syria (16th to 19th century), using the only surviving Damascene private library of the time as a vantage point. He asks about the production and transmission of knowledge as well as the social background of the reading audience in a manuscript age. Scholarship on Arabic libraries has often focused on the medieval period and relied almost exclusively on literary accounts. This is the first book-length study that focuses on a single region in the Ottoman period and systematically uses the vast number of surviving manuscripts as a documentary source by means of the notes left by their readers and possessors. Thus, it sheds light on the material, legal, and social basis of book ownership and reading.
Sample Text
In The Rifāʽīya, Boris Liebrenz traces the book culture of Ottoman Syria (16th - 19th centuries) through the focus of the only surviving private library of the era. He asks about the production and transmission of knowledge as well as the social background of readers in the age of handwriting. Studies of Arabic library history have often only focused on the Middle Ages and have been based almost exclusively on literary sources. This is the first monograph to focus on a single region during the Ottoman period and to systematically use the manuscripts and notes of their readers and owners that have come down to us as a documentary source. In this way, she sheds light on the material, legal and social conditions of book ownership and reading practice. In Die Rifāʽīya Boris Liebrenz explores the book culture of Ottoman Syria (16th to 19th century), using the only surviving Damascene private library of the time as a vantage point. He asks about the production and transmission of knowledge as well as the social background of the reading audience in a manuscript age. Scholarship on Arabic libraries has often focused on the medieval period and relied almost exclusively on literary accounts. This is the first book-length study that focuses on a single region in the Ottoman period and systematically uses the vast number of surviving manuscripts as a documentary source by means of the notes left by their readers and possessors. Thus, it sheds light on the material, legal, and social basis of book ownership and reading.
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Seri
Islamic Manuscripts and Books10.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.
