Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in the Birnbaum Collection, Toronto

A Brief Catalogue

AvEleazar Birnbaum

Inbunden, Arabiska, 2019

Del 18 i serien Islamic Manuscripts and Books

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Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in the Birnbaum Collection, Toronto includes many early copies, from the 6th century A.H. / 12th century C.E. onwards. They cover a wide range of subjects. The catalogue gives detailed descriptions of 66 Arabic and 34 Persian works, arranged by subject. Author and title indexes provide easy access, and photographs of selected pages enhance the descriptions. The manuscripts were acquired individually over many decades.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-27
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Arabiska, Engelska, Persiska
Serie:Islamic Manuscripts and Books
Antal sidor:226
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004388215

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Eleazar Birnbaum began studying Arabic in 1947 at the age of 17, later followed by Turkish and Persian, all at the University of London. He has been an Islamics librarian at the Universities of Durham (England) and Michigan. Since 1964 he has been Professor (now Emeritus) of Turkish Studies at the University of Toronto. Among his recent publications is a catalogue of his own collection of Ottoman Turkish manuscripts: Ottoman Turkish and Çaĝatay MSS in Canada. A Union Catalogue of the Four Collections (Brill, 2015).

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List of IllustrationsCatalogueArabic ManuscriptsIntroduction to the Arabic ManuscriptsA GeographyB Language and LexicographyC Literature: PoetryD Literature: ProseE QurʾānF TafsīrG Islām: Other (Ḥadīth, ʿAqāʾid, Fiqh, Fatwā, Eschatology, Prayer, etc.)H SufismI DruzeJ EthicsK Encyclopedic; Sciences and Pseudosciences; Medicine; MixedL IjāzaM CalligraphyN Persian PhilologyPersian ManuscriptsIntroduction to the Persian ManuscriptsA HistoryB LiteratureC Islam; ReligionD EthicsE Language, Lexicography, and ProsodyF EncyclopediaG AstrologyH DocumentI Addendum: [Majmūʿa]Bibliography and SiglaArabic Manuscripts: Author IndexArabic Manuscripts: Title IndexConcordance of Arabic ManuscriptsPersian Manuscripts: Author IndexPersian Manuscripts: Title IndexConcordance of Persian Manuscripts