Medieval Damascus : plurality and diversity in an Arabic library : the Ashrafiya library catalogue /
The written text was a pervasive feature of cultural practices in the medieval Middle East. At the heart of book circulation stood libraries that experienced a rapid expansion from the twelfth century onwards. While the existence of these libraries is well known, our knowledge of their content and s...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English Arabic |
| Language notes: | Includes text in Arabic. |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016] |
| Series: | Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |