Series | Medieval and Modern Philologies
Volume 26 | Edited book | Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
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edited by
- Élise Franssen - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
Abstract
Authors read and they use their readings within their writing process. Scrutinizing authors’ readings provides information on their tastes, working subjects at a given period, methodology, and scholarly milieu. It also brings a lot to intellectual history, highlighting the texts and manuscripts circulating in a certain context. Eight contributions investigating the readings of as many authors, from different points of view, are gathered here. The studied authors are mainly from pre-modern Islam – al-Qādī al-Fāḍil, Ibn Taymiyya, al-Ṣafadī, al-Subkī, al-Maqrīzī – with three exceptions: an incursion into the Ottoman 19th century – Esʿad Efendi –, a detour by the French court of Charles V – Evrart de Conty –, and a preface about Greek Antiquity – Philodème de Gadara.
Keywords Ownership statements • Ṣaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad Efendi • Books circulation • Commentaries • History of reading • Quoting • Book circulation • Mutakallimūn • Source methodology • Public reading • Book loans • Critical reading • Ottoman Mecmūʿa • Ottoman book history • Ǧumhūr al-ṣaḥāba • Taǧ al-Dīn al-Subkī • Ašʿarī • Ornate prose style • Medieval translation • Ottoman scholars’ reading practices • Scholars’ networks • Individual reading practices • Libraries • Ǧamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿ • Mamlūk period • Bilingualism • Autograph • Correspondence • Intellectual independence • Arabic manuscripts • Copying • Ideal of affective relationship • Collecting • Isnād • al-Maqrīzī • Mamlūk scholars • Scholars’ library • Intellectual history • Mistakes • Medieval commentary • Methodology • Book production • Pluri-maḏhab referencing • Companions • Authors’ methodology • Paratext in manuscripts • ʿAhd Ardašīr • Active and responsive reading • Readings • Way of reading texts • Autograph manuscripts • Paratextual marks • Conceptual framework of response • Consultation notes • Marginalia • Library • al-Ṣafadī • Ottoman reading culture • Literary tastes • Interrelation of writing and reading • Authorship
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-560-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-560-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-561-2 | Number of pages 326 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published March 8, 2022 | Language fr, en
Copyright © 2022 Élise Franssen. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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