Series | Medieval and Modern Philologies
Volume 26 | Edited book | Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
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edited by
- 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 History of reading • Public reading • Ašʿarī • Scholars’ library • Book production • al-Ṣafadī • Ownership statements • Paratext in manuscripts • Book loans • Way of reading texts • Ǧamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿ • Books circulation • Intellectual history • Consultation notes • Ǧumhūr al-ṣaḥāba • Bilingualism • Marginalia • Medieval commentary • Ottoman scholars’ reading practices • Collecting • Commentaries • Quoting • Taǧ al-Dīn al-Subkī • Critical reading • Ottoman Mecmūʿa • Medieval translation • Literary tastes • Methodology • Conceptual framework of response • Authorship • Arabic manuscripts • Libraries • Pluri-maḏhab referencing • Ottoman reading culture • Companions • Source methodology • Mamlūk period • Library • Scholars’ networks • Ornate prose style • al-Maqrīzī • Intellectual independence • Autograph • Individual reading practices • Isnād • Mamlūk scholars • ʿAhd Ardašīr • Ṣaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad Efendi • Authors’ methodology • Autograph manuscripts • Interrelation of writing and reading • Active and responsive reading • Readings • Ottoman book history • Correspondence • Copying • Ideal of affective relationship • Paratextual marks • Book circulation • Mistakes • Mutakallimūn
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 | Number of pages 326 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published March 8, 2022 | Language fr, en
Copyright © 2022 Élise Franssen. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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