Enigmatic charms : medieval Arabic block printed amulets in American and European libraries and museums /

Enigmatic charms : medieval Arabic block printed amulets in American and European libraries and museums /

This is the first comprehensive examination of block printing in the medieval Islamic world. Examples of Arabic block prints have been preserved in various collections across the globe, but they have long been treated as curiosities and oddities. Here, for the first time, a large representative corp...

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Main Author: Schaefer, Karl R.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 82.
Handbook of Oriental Studies: Ancient Near East Online, ISBN: 9789004307988.

Subjects:

Amulets (Islam)
Block printing > Islamic Empire.
Block printing.
Islamic Empire.

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Call Number: GR600 .S335 2006eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • INTRODUCTION /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • THE HISTORICO-RELIGIOUS CONTEXT OF ARABIC BLOCK PRINTING /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • THE (RE)DISCOVERY OF ARABIC BLOCK PRINTING /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • CALLIGRAPHY AND THE ISSUE OF DATING THE ARABIC BLOCK PRINTS /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • KEY TO TRANSCRIPTIONS OF ARABIC TEXTS /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • ÄGYPTOLOGISCHES MUSEUM UND PAPYRUSSAMMLUNG BERLIN /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MICHAELIDES COLLECTION /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TAYLOR-SCHECHTER GENIZA COLLECTION /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY DUBLIN, IRELAND /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • THE GUTENBERG MUSEUM MAINZ, GERMANY /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK HEIDELBERG INSTITUT FÜR PAPYROLOGIE /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • ÖSTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK PAPYRUSSAMMLUNG /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE ET UNIVERSITAIRE DE STRASBOURG /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • WREN LIBRARY TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY PAPYRUS COLLECTION /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • LILLY LIBRARY INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART THE MADINA COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC ART, A GIFT OF CAMILLA CHANDLER FROST /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC ART NEW YORK, NEW YORK /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • SCHEIDE LIBRARY RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FIRESTONE LIBRARY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • LIST OF LOCATIONS AND ACCESSION NUMBERS FOR KNOWN TARSHES IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • INDEX TO QUR'ANIC CHAPTERS (SURAS) AND VERSES (AYAT) APPEARING IN THE TEXTS OF THE AMULETS /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • INDEX /
  • Karl R. Schaefer
  • PLATES /
  • Karl R. Schaefer.