Title The book in the Islamic world : the written word and communication in the Middle East / edited by George N. Atiyeh.

Publication Info.	[Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, [1995]
	©1995

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 305 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	Consists of papers presented at a conference held November 8-9, 1990 at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.
Contents	From 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.
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Subject	Books -- Middle East -- History -- Congresses.
	Books.
	Middle East.
	History.
	Middle East -- Intellectual life -- Congresses.
	Intellectual life.
	Middle East Region.
	Manuscripts -- Islamic countries -- Congresses.
	Manuscripts.
	Islamic countries.
	Printing -- Middle East -- History -- Congresses.
	Printing.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	History.
	Congressen (vorm)
	Geschiedenis (vorm)
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Atiyeh, George N. (George Nicholas), 1923-2008.
Other Form:	Print version: Book in the Islamic world. [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, ©1995 0791424731 (DLC) 94029487 (OCoLC)30892097
ISBN	0585045828 (electronic book)
	9780585045825 (electronic book)
	0791424731
	079142474X

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