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Medieval Damascus: plurality and diversity in an arabic library : plurality and diversity in an Arabic library : the Ashrafiya library catalogue

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Field name	Details
ISBN	147440877X (hbk.)
ISBN	9781474408776 (hbk.)
Author	Hirschler, Konrad
Title	Medieval Damascus : plurality and diversity in an arabic library : plurality and diversity in an Arabic library : the Ashrafiya library catalogue / Konrad Hirschler
Publisher	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016
Physical desc.	x, 525 p., [54] p. of plates ; col. ill., map, plans ; 25 cm.
Series	Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
Note	Study of the medieval library of al-Malik al-Ashraf in Damascus.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents	Introduction -- The making and unmasking of a medieval library -- Organising the library: the books on the shelves -- Plurality and diversity: the profile of a medieval library -- The Ashrafiya catalogue: translation and title identification -- The Ashrafiya catalogue: edition.
Subject	Private libraries -- Syria -- Damascus -- History
	Books and reading -- Syria -- Damascus -- History
	Manuscripts, Arabic -- Syria -- Damascus -- Catalogs

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10011833	956.91 HIR	RL		. *, Permanent Loan .