Manuscript Tradition of the Islamic West

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Maghribi Round Scripts and the Andalusi Identity

Umberto Bongianino(Autor*in)

Edinburgh University Press

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Erschienen am 30. September 2022

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration and Translation
Abbreviations
Series Editor's Foreword
Introduction A Book about Books
Chapter One Maghribi Round Scripts: A New Definition
Geography and chronology
Nature and fortune of a regional script
The long course of scholarship
General features of Maghribi scripts
Ifriqi scripts and the Maghrib
Chapter Two Maghribi Round Scripts in the Third/Ninth and Fourth/Tenth Centuries
Book culture and production in Umayyad Iberia
Libraries and penmanship
Learning circles and endowment practices
Parchment and paper production
The earliest evidence of round scripts in al-Andalus
Where were the manuscripts copied?
Codicological remarks
Andalusi bookhands and casual scripts
The 'Mozarab' connection
The 'Sigüenza Bifolio'
The evidence of Arabic glosses
Chapter Three Maghribi Round Scripts in the Fifth/Eleventh Century
Book culture and production in the ?a?ifa kingdoms
The resilience of Cordova
Seville, Badajoz, Toledo
Almería, Granada, Murcia
Travelling scholars and the influence of the Mashriq
Two unhelpful sources
Parchment, paper and illumination
The evidence of dated manuscripts
Codicological remarks
The evolution of Andalusi bookhands
Chapter Four Maghribi Round Scripts in the Sixth/Twelfth Century
Book culture and production in Almoravid and Almohad Iberia
Cordova, Seville and Western Iberia
Valencia and Eastern Iberia
A closer look at textual sources
The golden age of Andalusi paper
The introduction of Andalusi scripts to Northwest Africa
Before the Almoravids
The Almoravid enterprise
Marrakesh: the seat of the Almohad caliphate
Fes, Ceuta, Sijilmasa, Bougie
Almohad patronage of the arts of the book
Christian manuscripts from Northwest Africa
The evidence of dated manuscripts
The evolution of Maghribi bookhands
Traditional genres, innovative scripts
Aesthetic maturity and trans-regional reach
The rise of Maghribi thuluth
Final remarks
Chapter Five Beyond Books: Quranic Manuscripts and Chancery Documents
Maghribi Round Scripts and the Qur?an
The Kufic Qur?ans of the Islamic West
The earliest Qur?ans in Maghribi round scripts
Maghribi Qur?ans of the sixth/twelfth century
Calligraphers and illuminators: the 'school' of Ibn Gha??us
Patronage and functions of the Mu??af
Textual features and notation marks
Illumination and chrysography
The aesthetics of Quranic calligraphy
Documentary hands and chancery scripts
Two sale contracts
Calligraphy in the chanceries of the Maghrib
Conclusion Inscribed Identities
I List of Dated Manuscripts
II Titles and Genres of Dated Manuscripts
III Copyists of Dated Manuscripts
IV Places of Copying
V Remarkable Colophons and Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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