Enigmatic charms : : medieval Arabic block printed amulets in American and European libraries and museums / / by Karl R. Schaefer.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, Near and Middle East ; v. 82
• Author: Schaefer, Karl R.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 82.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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 corpus of block prints is examined and illustrated. The first section of the book places Arabic block printing in historical perspective and recounts their rediscovery by modern day scholars. The second section illustrates fifty-five examples of medieval Arabic block printed amulets, provides detailed techical descriptions of each, presents transcriptions of their texts into legible Arabic and offers translations of those texts into English.

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.