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Filologie medievali e moderne
Volume 26 | Miscellanea | Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
open access | peer reviewed
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a cura di
- 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 Autograph • Mamlūk period • Conceptual framework of response • Ottoman Mecmūʿa • Interrelation of writing and reading • Scholars’ networks • Taǧ al-Dīn al-Subkī • Book circulation • Consultation notes • Arabic manuscripts • ʿAhd Ardašīr • Commentaries • Mutakallimūn • Quoting • Collecting • Marginalia • Ottoman reading culture • al-Ṣafadī • Active and responsive reading • Libraries • Ottoman scholars’ reading practices • Ǧamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿ • Book loans • Ownership statements • Ǧumhūr al-ṣaḥāba • Mistakes • Critical reading • Public reading • Scholars’ library • Copying • Source methodology • Way of reading texts • Pluri-maḏhab referencing • Ṣaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad Efendi • Bilingualism • Mamlūk scholars • Paratext in manuscripts • Ornate prose style • Isnād • Medieval translation • Ottoman book history • Autograph manuscripts • al-Maqrīzī • Correspondence • Medieval commentary • Books circulation • Authors’ methodology • Companions • History of reading • Literary tastes • Methodology • Book production • Ašʿarī • Individual reading practices • Library • Paratextual marks • Intellectual independence • Authorship • Ideal of affective relationship • Intellectual history • Readings
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 fr, en
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