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From Samarqand to Toledo : Greek, Sogdian and Arabic documents and manuscripts from the Islamicate world and beyond / edited by Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- International Society for Arabic Papyrology. Conference (7th : 2018 : Berlin, Germany)
- Series:
- Islamic history and civilization ; 0929-2403 v. 201.
- Islamic history and civilization, 0929-2403 ; volume 201
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manuscripts, Arabic (Papyri)--Congresses.
- Manuscripts, Arabic (Papyri).
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 233 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Documents open up another approach complementary to the overwhelming richness of literary tradition as preserved in manuscripts. This volume combines studies on Greek, Sogdian and Arabic documents (letters, legal agreements, and amulets) with studies on Arabic and Judeo-Arabic manuscripts (poetry, science and divination)"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Who Did What in Eighth-Century Aphrodito?: P.Würzb. Inv. 122-127, Greek Tax Documents, and Some Observations on Prosopography / Janneke de Jong
- Thinking in Arabic, Writing in Sogdian: Arabic-Sogdian Diplomatic Relations in the Early Eighth Century / Said Reza Huseini
- Reconstructing Dhū l-Rumma's Poetry with the Help of Muqātil b. Sulaymān's Tafsīr (P.Cair.Arab. Inv. 1235 Verso and Recto) / Hazem Hussein Abbas Ali
- A Prisoner's Fate in Fatimid Egypt: The Late Coptic Paitos Dossier / Vincent Walter
- The Book of Twitches of Shem, Son of Noah, and Other Manuals of Palmomancy from the Cairo Genizah and al-Quṣayr / Gideon Bohak
- Scientific Textbooks and Their Application in Practice: Interdependencies of Literary and Documentary Evidence of Scientific Activities / Johannes Thomann
- Writing in Arabic after the Christian Conquest of Toledo: Christian and Islamic Documents and the Concept of Sunna (Appendix: Two Documents on the Sale of a Mosque) / Rocio Daga Portillo.
- Notes:
- "The work contained in this volume was part of Documents and Manuscripts in the Arab-Islamic World: The Seventh International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) Conference (Berlin, 20-23 March, 2018)"--Introduction.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: From Samarqand to Toledo
- ISBN:
- 9789004527867
- 9004527869
- OCLC:
- 1355837802
- Publisher Number:
- 40031606629
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