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050 00 $aZ8.M63$bB66 1995
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245 04 $aThe book in the Islamic world :$bthe written word and communication in the Middle East /$cedited by George N. Atiyeh.
260 $aAlbany :$bState University of New York Press ;$a[Washington, D.C.] :$bLibrary of Congress,$c[1995], ©1995.
300 $axviii, 305 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aConsists of papers presented at a conference held November 8-9, 1990 at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-281) and index.
505 0 $aFrom the manuscript age to the age of printed books / Muhsin Mahdi -- The Koranic text : from revelation to compilation / Jacques Berque -- "Of making many books there is no end" : the classical Muslim view / Franz Rosenthal -- Oral transmission and the book in Islamic education / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The book of life-metaphors connected with the book in Islamic literatures / Annemarie Schimmel -- Biographical dictionaries : inner structure and cultural significance / Wadād al-Qāḍī -- The book in the grammatical tradition : development in content and methods / Ranzi Baalbaki -- Women's roles in the art of Arabic calligraphy / Salāh al-Dīn al-Munajjid -- Some illustrations in Islamic scientific manuscripts and their secrets / David A. King -- A royal manuscript and its transformation : the life history of a book / Priscilla P. Soucek and Filiz Çağman -- Fāris Al-Shidyāq and the transition from scribal to print culture in the Middle East / Geoffrey Roper -- The book in the modern Arab world : the cases of Lebanon and Egypt / George N. Atiyeh -- Mass higher education and the religious imagination in contemporary Arab societies / Dale F. Eickelman -- The book in the Islamic world : a selective bibliography / Michael W. Albin.
650 0 $aBooks$zMiddle East$xHistory$vCongresses.
650 0 $aManuscripts, Islamic$xHistory$vCongresses.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xIntellectual life$vCongresses.
650 0 $aManuscripts$zIslamic countries$vCongresses.
650 0 $aPrinting$zMiddle East$xHistory$vCongresses.
700 1 $aAtiyeh, George N.$q(George Nicholas),$d1923-2008.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50058186
852 00 $bglx$hZ8.M63$iB66 1995
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