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
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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 Copying • Libraries • Ottoman Mecmūʿa • Autograph manuscripts • Literary tastes • Consultation notes • Books circulation • History of reading • Intellectual independence • ʿAhd Ardašīr • Active and responsive reading • Methodology • Bilingualism • Source methodology • Taǧ al-Dīn al-Subkī • Scholars’ library • Book production • Commentaries • Quoting • Ottoman book history • Readings • Medieval translation • Paratext in manuscripts • Individual reading practices • Library • Ǧamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿ • Book circulation • Companions • Mamlūk scholars • Pluri-maḏhab referencing • al-Ṣafadī • Ottoman scholars’ reading practices • Conceptual framework of response • Ownership statements • al-Maqrīzī • Ašʿarī • Ṣaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad Efendi • Public reading • Interrelation of writing and reading • Correspondence • Collecting • Authors’ methodology • Book loans • Autograph • Arabic manuscripts • Mamlūk period • Ideal of affective relationship • Marginalia • Mistakes • Mutakallimūn • Ornate prose style • Way of reading texts • Paratextual marks • Ǧumhūr al-ṣaḥāba • Isnād • Authorship • Scholars’ networks • Intellectual history • Medieval commentary • Ottoman reading culture • Critical reading
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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