Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
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- Élise Franssen - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - 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 Interrelation of writing and reading • Ottoman book history • Paratext in manuscripts • Scholars’ library • Ašʿarī • Book loans • Companions • Mamlūk scholars • Ottoman reading culture • Quoting • Source methodology • al-Maqrīzī • Ideal of affective relationship • Mamlūk period • Copying • Books circulation • Correspondence • Active and responsive reading • Ottoman scholars’ reading practices • Taǧ al-Dīn al-Subkī • Ǧumhūr al-ṣaḥāba • Autograph • Individual reading practices • Intellectual independence • Medieval translation • Libraries • Literary tastes • Consultation notes • Library • Isnād • Ottoman Mecmūʿa • Book production • Public reading • Conceptual framework of response • Way of reading texts • Ornate prose style • Authorship • Commentaries • Ǧamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿ • Scholars’ networks • ʿAhd Ardašīr • Pluri-maḏhab referencing • Marginalia • Paratextual marks • Critical reading • Ṣaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad Efendi • Authors’ methodology • Ownership statements • Book circulation • History of reading • Mistakes • Bilingualism • Collecting • Methodology • Readings • Arabic manuscripts • Medieval commentary • al-Ṣafadī • Mutakallimūn • Intellectual history • Autograph manuscripts
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 | Numero pagine 326 | Dimensioni 16x23cm | Pubblicato 08 Marzo 2022 | Lingua en, fr
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