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 Critical reading • Ottoman reading culture • Individual reading practices • Ideal of affective relationship • Ownership statements • Paratext in manuscripts • Literary tastes • Book circulation • Correspondence • Public reading • al-Ṣafadī • Book production • Autograph manuscripts • Paratextual marks • Source methodology • Ǧamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿ • Active and responsive reading • Scholars’ library • Intellectual history • Methodology • Interrelation of writing and reading • Way of reading texts • Conceptual framework of response • Medieval translation • Library • Intellectual independence • Ottoman Mecmūʿa • Isnād • Ṣaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad Efendi • Collecting • Pluri-maḏhab referencing • Ǧumhūr al-ṣaḥāba • Books circulation • Commentaries • Mutakallimūn • Libraries • Autograph • Ottoman book history • Ottoman scholars’ reading practices • al-Maqrīzī • Medieval commentary • ʿAhd Ardašīr • Companions • Authorship • Quoting • Taǧ al-Dīn al-Subkī • Marginalia • Mamlūk scholars • Mamlūk period • Bilingualism • Copying • Authors’ methodology • Ornate prose style • Consultation notes • Readings • History of reading • Scholars’ networks • Ašʿarī • Book loans • Mistakes • Arabic manuscripts
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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