A monument to medieval Syrian book culture : : the library of Ibn 'Abd al-Hadi / / Konrad Hirschler.

• Superior document: Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
• VerfasserIn: Hirschler, Konrad,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2019; 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.; Edinburgh scholarship online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 612 pages) :; illustrations (black and white, and colour).
• Notes: Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1 Setting the Scene: The World of a Late Medieval Middling Scholar --; 2 Monumentalising the Past --; 3 Binding Matters – From Stand-alone Booklet to Monumental Composite Manuscript --; 4 Conclusion: The After-life of the Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī Collection --; 5 The Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī fihrist: Title Identification. Part I --; 5 The Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī fihrist: Title Identification. Part II --; 6 The Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī fihrist: Edition --; Bibliography Bibliography --; General Index --; Index of Titles --; Index of Authors --; Index of Thematic Categories --; Index of Identified Manuscripts of the Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī Corpus
• Audience: Specialized.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 147447683X; 1474451594
• Access: Open access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Konrad Hirschler.

This work discusses the largest private book collection of the pre-Ottoman Arabic Middle East for which we have both a paper trail and a surviving corpus of the manuscripts that once sat on its shelves: the Ibn Abd al-Hadi Library of Damascus.