Medieval and Modern Philologies

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

open access | peer reviewed
    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 BilingualismAšʿarīʿAhd ArdašīrBook circulationǦumhūr al-ṣaḥābaAuthorshipBook productionIsnādLibraryMistakesPluri-maḏhab referencingCommentariesCritical readingOttoman reading cultureOttoman scholars’ reading practicesInterrelation of writing and readingCopyingMedieval translationǦamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿOrnate prose styleIntellectual independenceActive and responsive readingLiterary tastesTaǧ al-Dīn al-SubkīIntellectual historyMarginaliaCollectingParatextual marksMethodologyal-MaqrīzīOttoman MecmūʿaMutakallimūnWay of reading textsal-ṢafadīAutograph manuscriptsAuthors’ methodologyLibrariesMedieval commentarySource methodologyMamlūk periodBook loansOttoman book historyScholars’ libraryConsultation notesQuotingHistory of readingParatext in manuscriptsBooks circulationArabic manuscriptsIndividual reading practicesCorrespondenceReadingsPublic readingConceptual framework of responseṢaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad EfendiScholars’ networksOwnership statementsCompanionsMamlūk scholarsIdeal of affective relationshipAutograph

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

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