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 Medieval translationScholars’ networksReadingsIntellectual independenceConceptual framework of responseHistory of readingInterrelation of writing and readingAutographArabic manuscriptsal-MaqrīzīOttoman book historyCollectingBook circulationPublic readingǦumhūr al-ṣaḥābaPluri-maḏhab referencingIndividual reading practicesMamlūk periodQuotingBook loansParatext in manuscriptsAšʿarīMethodologyBook productionIdeal of affective relationshipMedieval commentaryAuthors’ methodologyAutograph manuscriptsMutakallimūnOttoman reading cultureTaǧ al-Dīn al-SubkīWay of reading textsLibraryConsultation notesSource methodologyActive and responsive readingOttoman MecmūʿaMarginaliaScholars’ libraryBilingualismʿAhd ArdašīrCopyingOrnate prose styleal-ṢafadīParatextual marksIsnādMistakesCommentariesCorrespondenceOttoman scholars’ reading practicesǦamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿṢaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad EfendiCritical readingLiterary tastesLibrariesMamlūk scholarsIntellectual historyOwnership statementsCompanionsAuthorshipBooks circulation

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 en, fr