Medieval and Modern Philologies

Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond

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

Thema codes GTB • NHTB • 3KL • 1QFA

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

Subseries Serie orientale e-ISSN 2610-9476 ISSN 2610-9468

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