Filologie medievali e moderne

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Volume 26 | Miscellanea | Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond

Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond

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  • 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 statementsṢaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad EfendiBooks circulationCommentariesHistory of readingQuotingBook circulationMutakallimūnSource methodologyPublic readingBook loansCritical readingOttoman MecmūʿaOttoman book historyǦumhūr al-ṣaḥābaTaǧ al-Dīn al-SubkīAšʿarīOrnate prose styleMedieval translationOttoman scholars’ reading practicesScholars’ networksIndividual reading practicesLibrariesǦamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿMamlūk periodBilingualismAutographCorrespondenceIntellectual independenceArabic manuscriptsCopyingIdeal of affective relationshipCollectingIsnādal-MaqrīzīMamlūk scholarsScholars’ libraryIntellectual historyMistakesMedieval commentaryMethodologyBook productionPluri-maḏhab referencingCompanionsAuthors’ methodologyParatext in manuscriptsʿAhd ArdašīrActive and responsive readingReadingsWay of reading textsAutograph manuscriptsParatextual marksConceptual framework of responseConsultation notesMarginaliaLibraryal-ṢafadīOttoman reading cultureLiterary tastesInterrelation of writing and readingAuthorship

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