The Critical Edition of Manuscripts: History, Rules and Problems

Edited by Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

ISBN 10: 1905122527 / ISBN 13: 9781905122523

Published by London : Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 2013

About this Item

540 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. in Arabic. This book holds the proceedings of the training course organised by the Centre for the Study of Islamic Manuscripts of Al-Furqan Foundation, in co-operation with the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Ben M'sik, University Hassan II in Casablanca and the Royal Library (al-Khizana al-Malakiyya) in Rabat, from 18 to 28 March 2013. The studies presented at this session focused on the concept of academic critical editing, its history, principals, rules, conditions and challenges. The studies encompassed manuscripts from a wide range of subject fields such as, books of Hadith, biographies, books on the Sciences of the Qur'an, texts on Sufism, scientific manuscripts with Isfizari's manuscript on mechanics used as a model. They also included a number of lectures on useful reference works in the field of critical editing, and the comments of editors on the titles of the manuscripts, the place and importance of gutter margin and tamallukat (notes of ownership).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Critical Edition of Manuscripts: History, Rules and Problems
• Publisher: London : Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: Arabic
• ISBN 10: 1905122527
• ISBN 13: 9781905122523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Islam
  • Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation