Al-Fihrist الفهرست
By: Ibn al-Nadim (d. 995/8 CE) ابن النديمShareLanguage: Arabic
Hardcover
In the Arabic language, the classical cataloging work of Ibn al-Nadim on pre-Islamic Arabic publications.
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By: | Ibn al-Nadim (d. 995/8 CE) ابن النديم |
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Language: | Arabic |
Format: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 824 pp - chamois color paper |
Publisher: | Dar al-Nafaes, Beirut, 2016 |
Dimensions: | 17 x 24 cm |
ISBN-13: | 9789953185521 |
Topic: | Early Work - Bio-Bibliography - Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature |
The Catalog (Kitab al-fihrist) by Ibn al-Nadim (d. 995 AD) is an index of all books written in Arabic either by Arabs or non-Arabs and contains ten discourses. The first six of them deal with books on Islamic subjects: 1. the Scriptures of Muslims, Jews and Christians with emphasis on the Quran and Quranic sciences; 2. grammar and philology; 3. history, biography, genealogy and related subjects; 4. poetry; 5. scholastic theology (kalam); 6. law and tradition. The last four discourses deal with non-Islamic subjects. 7. philosophy and the ancient sciences; 8. legends, fables, magic, conjuring Inc; 9. the doctrines of the non-monotheistic creeds; 10. alchemy. The author, a bookseller, often mentions the size of a book and the number of pages so buyers would not be cheated by copyists creating shorter versions. He refers often to copies written by famous calligraphers, bibliophies and other libraries and speaks of an auction and of the trade in books. In the opening section he deals with the alphabets of 14 people (Arabs and non-Arabs) and their manner of writing and also with the writing-pen, paper and its different varieties.
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