Arabic Ismaili manuscripts : the Zāhid ʻAlī Collection in the library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies / [edited and introduced by] Delia Cortese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cortese, Delia.

Allan and Philip Carlson Memorial Fund.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Arabic--Catalogs.

Manuscripts, Arabic.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

xxii, 215 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : portrait, color facsimiles ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2003.

Summary:

This work represents a brilliant corpus of Islamic manuscripts devoted to the theological, philosophical, and historical traditions of the Fatimid, post-Fatimid Yemeni as well as Indian-Ismaili literature. The catalog, with its 179 annotated entries which examine the literary and doctrinal aspects of these manuscripts, features incipits in Arabic for each entry and is supported by indices in both Arabic and Latin scripts. The work is fully illustrated and enriched by a comprehensive contextualizing introduction. Published by I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Allan and Philip Carlson Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1860648606

OCLC:

187688823