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The book in the Islamic world: the written word and communication in the Middle East

The book in the Islamic world: the written word and communication in the Middle East
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ISBN 079142474X
Title The book in the Islamic world : the written word and communication in the Middle East / edited by George N. Atiyeh
Publisher Albany : State University of New York Press, 1995
Physical desc. xviii, 305 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents From the manuscript age to the age of printed books / Muhsin Mahdi. -- The Koranic text: from revelation to compilation / Jacques Berque. -- 'Of making many books there is no end': the classical Muslim view / Franz Rosenthal. -- Oral transmission and the book in Islamic education / Seyyed Hossein Nasr. -- The book of life-metaphors connected with the book in Islamic literatures / Annemarie Schimmel. -- Biographical dictionaries: inner structure and cultural significance / Wadād al-Qāḍī. -- The book in the grammatical tradition: development in content and methods / Ramzi Baalbaki. -- Women's roles in the art of Arabic calligraphy / Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Munajjid. -- Some illustrations in Islamic scientific manuscripts and their secrets / David A. King. -- A royal manuscript and its transformation: the life history of a book / Priscilla P. Soucek and Filiz Çağman. -- Fāris Al-Shidyāq and the transition from scribal to print culture in the Middle East / Geoffrey Roper. -- The book in the modern Arab world: the cases of Lebanon and Egypt / George N. Atiyeh. -- Mass higher education and the religious imagination in contemporary Arab societies / Dale F. Eickelman. -- The book in the Islamic world: a selective bibliography / Michael W. Albin. -- Appendix: Ottoman imperial documents relating to the history of books and printing.
Subject Books -- Middle East -- History -- Congresses
Manuscripts -- Islamic countries -- Congresses
Printing -- Middle East -- History -- Congresses
Middle East -- Intellectual life -- Congresses
Added name(s) Atiyeh, George N. (George Nicholas) 1923- ed.
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