| ISBN |
1474499589 (hardcover) |
| 9781474499583 (hardcover) |
| Author |
Bongianino, Umberto 1987- |
| Title |
The manuscript tradition of the Islamic West : Maghribi round scripts and the Andalusi identity / Umberto Bongianino |
| Publisher |
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022 |
| Physical desc. |
xxiii, 504 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art |
| Note |
CB illustration: page 88, figure 2.6 (Ar 4475, f. 49b). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-495) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: a book about books -- 1: Maghribi round scripts: a new definition. Geography and chronology -- Nature and fortune of a regional script -- The long course of scholarship -- General features of Maghribi scripts -- Ifriqi scripts and the Maghrib -- 2: Maghribi round scripts in the third/ninth and fourth/tenth centuries. Book culture and production in Umayyad Iberia. Libraries and penmanship -- Learning circles and endowment practices -- Parchment and paper production -- The earliest evidence of round scripts in Al-Andalus. Where were the manuscripts copied? -- Codicological remarks -- Andalusi bookhands and casual scripts -- The 'Mozarab' connection. The 'Sigüenza bifolio' -- The evidence of Arabic glosses -- 3: Maghribi round scripts in the fifth/eleventh century-- Book culture and production in the ta'ifa kingdoms. The resilience of Cordova -- Seville, Badajoz, Toledo -- Almeria, Granada, Murcia -- Travelling scholars and the influence of the Mashriq -- Two unhelpful sources -- Parchment, paper, and illumination -- The evidence of dated manuscripts. Codicological remarks -- The evolution of Andalusi bookhands -- 4: Maghribi round scripts in the sixth/twelfth century -- Book culture and production in Almoravid and Almohad Iberia. Cordova, Seville and Western Iberia -- Valencia and Eastern Iberia -- A closer look at textual sources -- The golden age of Andalusi paper -- The introduction of Andalusi scripts to Northwest Africa. Before the Almoravids -- The Almoravid enterprise -- Marrakesh: the seat of the Almohad caliphate -- Fes, Ceuta, Sijilmasa, Bougie -- Almohad patronage of the arts of the book -- Christian manuscripts from Northwest Africa -- The evidence of dated manuscripts -- The evolution of Maghribi bookhands. Traditional genres, innovative scripts -- Aesthetic maturity and trans-regional reach -- The rise of Maghribi thuluth -- Final remarks -- 5: Beyond books: Quranic manuscripts and chancery documents. Maghribi round scripts and the Qur'an -- The kufic Qur'ans and the Islamic West -- The earliest Qur'ans in Maghribi round scripts -- Maghribi Qur'ans of the sixth/twelfth century. Calligraphers and illuminators: the 'school' of Ibn Ghattus -- Patronage and functions of the Mushaf -- Textual features and notation remarks -- Illumination and chrysography -- The aesthetics of Quranic calligraphy -- Documentary hands and chancery scripts. Two sale contracts -- Calligraphy in the chanceries of the Maghrib -- Conclusion: Inscribed identities -- Appendices: 1: List of dated manuscripts -- 2: Titles and genres of dated manuscripts -- 3: Copyists of dated manuscripts -- 4: Places of copying -- 5: Remarkable colophons and notes. |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 4475 |
| Manuscripts, Arabic |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts |
| Islamic calligraphy |
| Islamic bookbinding |
| Codicology |
| Islamic Empire -- Intellectual life |
| Andalusia (Spain) -- Civilization -- Islamic influences |
