Arabic manuscripts
Subtitle: a vademecum for readers
By: by Adam Gacek.
Publisher: Brill; Brill Academic Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9789004170360
Subjects: Manuscripts, Arabic -- History -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Paleography, Arabic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Codicology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Description: The main sequence is comprised of approximately 200 entries dealing with almost all aspects of Arabic manuscript studies (codicology and paleography); includes appendices covering abbreviations, letterforms, sūrah-headings, major reference works, and a guide to the description of manuscripts, as well as charts of major historical periods and dynasties.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.