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The Lost Libraries of Tunis
Only little is known about the book culture of Tunis, although the city had been a centre for teaching and learning throughout Ḥafṣid rule in Ifrīqiya (c. 1230 to 1574). The libraries of Tunis are considered lost since the sack of the city by the armies of the emperor Charles V in the summer of 1535. This study reconstructs for the first time the original holdings of Tunis' medieval libraries and shows what can still be learned from these recovered fragments. An in-depth analysis of a wide range of texts and artefacts shows that the Ḥafṣid libraries were looted and their collections redistributed, mostly among European collectors. The Lost Libraries of Tunis brings Early Modern scho...
The Latin Qur’an, 1143–1500
In 1143 Robert of Ketton produced the first Latin translation of the Qur’an. This translation, extant in 24 manuscripts, was one of the main ways in which Latin European readers had access to the Muslim holy book. Yet it was not the only means of transmission of Quranic stories and concepts to the Latin world: there were other medieval translations into Latin of the Qur’an and of Christian polemical texts composed in Arabic which transmitted elements of the Qur’an (often in a polemical mode). The essays in this volume examine the range of medieval Latin transmission of the Qur’an and reaction to the Qur’an by concentrating on the manuscript traditions of medieval Qur’an translati...
The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz
A study of the career and writings of Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) an early feminist thinker and writer in Egypt. It focuses on her newspaper essays, novels, poetry, and her play which was the first to be published by a female author in Arabic.
The Book of the Cow
In the eighth century CE, the Christian theologian John Damascene referred to a Book of the Cow among the sacred texts of the Muslims. P. Hamb. Arab. 68 not only represents so far the earliest known Qurʾānic manuscript preserved on papyrus, but also bears witness to an independent circulation of the Sūra of The Cow in late seventh- or early eighth-century Egypt. Significant deviations from the commonly accepted text of the Qurʾān suggest that this copy was rapidly discarded. The present volume offers a complete edition as well as a thorough philological and historical study of the manuscript.
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Jasmyn
Und vom Himmel fielen schwarze Schwäne. Als ihr Ehemann Liam stirbt, zerbricht für Jasmyn eine Welt. Doch für Trauer bleibt wenig Zeit. Unheimliche Dinge geschehen: Bei der Beerdigung fallen aus den Wolken fünf schwarze Schwäne auf das Grab. Liams Eltern meiden Jasmyn plötzlich, ein Fremder bricht in ihr Haus ein, ohne etwas zu stehlen. Jasmyn beginnt, sich zu fragen, wie gut sie ihren Mann kannte. Und was er vor ihr verborgen hat. Die Suche nach Antworten führt sie in eine Welt dunkler Magie, alter Legenden und mitten in einen erbitterten Kampf zweier Brüder.
