Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
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- Élise Franssen - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - 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 Scholars’ networks • Pluri-maḏhab referencing • Ottoman scholars’ reading practices • Authorship • Ownership statements • Consultation notes • Taǧ al-Dīn al-Subkī • Companions • Commentaries • Scholars’ library • Ǧamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿ • Book loans • Critical reading • ʿAhd Ardašīr • Literary tastes • Mistakes • Correspondence • Interrelation of writing and reading • Paratextual marks • al-Ṣafadī • Marginalia • Public reading • Mamlūk period • Mamlūk scholars • Collecting • Book circulation • Intellectual history • Libraries • Ašʿarī • Intellectual independence • Library • Ottoman reading culture • Medieval translation • Medieval commentary • Ǧumhūr al-ṣaḥāba • Paratext in manuscripts • Arabic manuscripts • Ornate prose style • Methodology • Mutakallimūn • Ottoman book history • Copying • Authors’ methodology • Source methodology • History of reading • Book production • Autograph manuscripts • Individual reading practices • Readings • Books circulation • Ideal of affective relationship • Bilingualism • Conceptual framework of response • Ottoman Mecmūʿa • Way of reading texts • Quoting • Isnād • Ṣaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad Efendi • al-Maqrīzī • Autograph • Active and responsive reading
Thema codes GTB • NHTB • 3KL • 1QFA
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 | Numero pagine 326 | Dimensioni 16x23cm | Pubblicato 08 Marzo 2022 | Lingua fr, en
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