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Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts
Codices Arabici Arthur Christenseniani
by Irmeli Perho
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350 pp., richly illustrated COMDC series # 5.2 Available from NIAS Press worldwide |
This is a comprehensive listing of the holdings of the Royal Library, Copenhagen, on a series of Arabic manuscripts.
It is the second volume cataloguing the Islamic material of the Royal Library, Copenhagen, and describes 94 manuscripts and 3 lithographed prints acquired early last century. Most of these items date from the 19th century, with the oldest dated to 910 AH (1504 CE). The vast majority of the texts deal with Twelver Shi'i (Imami) law and legal theory. Arabic grammars and books on rhetoric also form major subject categories. Among the other items are a number of Sunni and Shi'i theological texts.
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