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Texts, scribes and transmission : manuscript cultures of the Ismaili communities and beyond / edited by Wafi A. Momin.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : I.B. Tauris, 2022.
©2022
Description
xv, 481 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Details
Subject(s)
Ismailites
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Manuscripts
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Ismailites
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Doctrines
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History
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Manuscripts, Arabic
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Asia
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Transmission of texts
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Asia
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Editor
Momin, Wafi A.
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Related name
Institute of Ismaili Studies
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Notes
"In association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I THE SHAPING OF A NEW FIELD
1. Ismaili Manuscripts and Modern Scholarship in Ismaili Studies / Farhad Daftary
2. Husain Hamdani, Paul Kraus, and a Suitcase Full of Manuscripts / Francois de Blois
SECTION II RASA'IL IKHWAN AL-SAFA', KITAB AL-ZINA, AND THEIR MANUSCRIPT TRADITION
3. The Ikhwan al-Safa's Epistles on Logic in Some Manuscripts of the IIS Arabic Collection / Carmela Baffioni
4. The Missing Link? MS 1040: An Important Copy of the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa' in the Collection of The Institute of Ismaili Studies / Omar Ali-de-Unzaga
5. The Manuscript Copies of Abu Hatim al-Razi's Kitab al-Zina at The Institute of Ismaili Studies / Cornelius Berthold
SECTION III EXPLORING TWO EARLY JAYYIBI WORKS AND THEIR TRANSMISSION
6. The Majmu al-tarbiya between Text and Paratext: Exploring the Social History of a Community's Reading Culture / Delia Cortese
7. Textual, Orthographic Variations and Scribes' Annotations: A Possible Tool for the Transmission Analysis of the Text? / Monica Scotti
SECTION IV REVISITING NIZARI HISTORY OF ALAMUT TIMES
8. Alamut and Badakhshan: Newly Identified Sargudhasht-i Sayyidna Manuscripts and their Background / Miklds Sdrkozy
9. `Ahd-i Sayyidna, a Newly Discovered Treatise on the Consolidation of the Nizari Da'wa in Alamut / Karim Javan
10. The Discovery, Description and Publication of the Manuscripts of Two Major Nizari Ismaili Texts from the Alamut Period: The Haft Bab and the Diwan-i Qa'imiyyat of Hasan-i Mahmud-i Katib / S. J. Badakhchani
SECTION V COMMUNAL SCRIPT, SCRIBAL ELITE, AND SATPANTH MANUSCRIPT CULTURE
11. Khwajah Sindhi (Khojki): Its Name, Manuscripts and Origin / Shafique N. Virani
12. A Forgotten Voice: The Agency of the Scribal and Literate Elite and the Satpanth Manuscript Culture / Wafi A. Momin
SECTION VI IDENTITY, CULTURAL INTERACTIONS, AND ESOTERIC INTERPRETATION AMONG CENTRAL ASIAN ISMAILI COMMUNITIES
13. Ismaili-Sufi Relationships in the Light of the Ni'mat Allahi Manuscripts in the Holdings of The Institute of Ismaili Studies / Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
14. Poems of Allegiance: Shah Diyal-i Shughnani's Salam-nama / Nourmamadcho Nourmamadchoev
15. The Sahifat al-ndzirin: Reflections on Authorship and Confessional Identity in a 15th-Century Central Asian Text / Daniel Beben
16. The Seven Pillars of the Shari'a and the Question of Authority in Central Asian Ismaili Manuscripts: An Ismaili Esoteric Discourse / Yahia Baiza
SECTION VII APPROACHING TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH QUR'ANIC MANUSCRIPTS AND HOLOGRAPH/AUTOGRAPH COPIES
17. Writing the Qur'an between the Lines: Preliminary Remarks on Marginalia in the Qur'an Manuscripts held by The Institute of Ismaili Studies / Asma Hilali
18. The Making of Holographs/Autographs: Case Studies from the Special Collections of The Institute of Ismaili Studies / Walid Ghali.
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ISBN
0755645383 ((paperback))
9780755645381 ((paperback))
0755645375 ((hardcover))
9780755645374 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2022399758
OCLC
1305912647
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