Medieval Damascus: Plurality and Diversity in an Arabic Library: The Ashrafiya Library Catalogue by Konrad Hirschler

Medieval Damascus: Plurality and Diversity in an Arabic Library: The Ashrafiya Library Catalogue

Konrad Hirschler

512 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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"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 librari...

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