Collana | Filologie medievali e moderne
Volume 26 | Miscellanea | Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond
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 Commentaries • Intellectual history • Interrelation of writing and reading • Scholars’ library • ʿAhd Ardašīr • Authors’ methodology • Libraries • Library • Mamlūk scholars • Medieval commentary • Book production • Consultation notes • Books circulation • Literary tastes • Ottoman Mecmūʿa • Companions • Marginalia • Paratextual marks • Mutakallimūn • Autograph • Pluri-maḏhab referencing • Source methodology • Ašʿarī • Way of reading texts • Ottoman scholars’ reading practices • Ǧamʿ al-ǧawāmiʿ • al-Maqrīzī • Ornate prose style • Critical reading • Arabic manuscripts • Book circulation • History of reading • Ottoman reading culture • Bilingualism • Authorship • Ottoman book history • Collecting • Book loans • Ownership statements • Quoting • Ṣaḥḥāflarşeyḫizāde Esʿad Efendi • Active and responsive reading • Ǧumhūr al-ṣaḥāba • al-Ṣafadī • Medieval translation • Taǧ al-Dīn al-Subkī • Isnād • Mistakes • Readings • Mamlūk period • Ideal of affective relationship • Individual reading practices • Copying • Correspondence • Paratext in manuscripts • Intellectual independence • Methodology • Public reading • Conceptual framework of response • Scholars’ networks • Autograph 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 | Numero pagine 326 | Dimensioni 16x23cm | Pubblicato 08 Marzo 2022 | Lingua fr, en
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