The manuscript tradition of the Islamic West : Maghribi round scripts and the Andalusi identity /
Bongianino, Umberto (1987-....)
The manuscript tradition of the Islamic West : Maghribi round scripts and the Andalusi identity / Umberto Bongianino - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, cop. 2022 - (504 p.)
Umberto Bongianino is Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Art and Architecture at the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford.
Bibliogr. p. 448-495
This book traces the history of manuscript production in the Islamic West between the 10th and the 12th centuries. It interrogates the material evidence that survives from this period, paying special attention to the origin and development of Maghribī round scripts, the distinctive form of Arabic writing employed in al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia) and Northwest Africa. More than 200 dated manuscripts written in Maghribī round scripts - many of which have not previously been published and are of great historical significance - are presented and discussed. This leads to a reconstruction of the activity of Maghribī calligraphers, copyists, notaries and secretaries, creating a better understanding of the development of their practices.
978-1-4744-9958-3
MANUSCRIT
CORAN
ART DU LIVRE
CALLIGRAPHIE
CIVILISATION ISLAMIQUE
ART HISPANO ARABE
MOYEN AGE
MAGHREB
AL ANDALUS
OCCIDENT MUSULMAN
ENLUMINURE
091.09610902
The manuscript tradition of the Islamic West : Maghribi round scripts and the Andalusi identity / Umberto Bongianino - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, cop. 2022 - (504 p.)
Umberto Bongianino is Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Art and Architecture at the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford.
Bibliogr. p. 448-495
This book traces the history of manuscript production in the Islamic West between the 10th and the 12th centuries. It interrogates the material evidence that survives from this period, paying special attention to the origin and development of Maghribī round scripts, the distinctive form of Arabic writing employed in al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia) and Northwest Africa. More than 200 dated manuscripts written in Maghribī round scripts - many of which have not previously been published and are of great historical significance - are presented and discussed. This leads to a reconstruction of the activity of Maghribī calligraphers, copyists, notaries and secretaries, creating a better understanding of the development of their practices.
978-1-4744-9958-3
MANUSCRIT
CORAN
ART DU LIVRE
CALLIGRAPHIE
CIVILISATION ISLAMIQUE
ART HISPANO ARABE
MOYEN AGE
MAGHREB
AL ANDALUS
OCCIDENT MUSULMAN
ENLUMINURE
091.09610902