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Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition

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This volume explores and calls into question certain commonly held assumptions about the nature of writing and technological advancement in the Islamic tradition. In particular, it challenges the idea that mechanical print naturally and inevitably displaces handwritten texts as well as the notion th...

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Other Authors: Reese, Scott (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022
Series:Studies in Manuscript Cultures 26
Subjects:
linguistics
Literature & literary studies
Interdisciplinary studies
Social & cultural history
Islam
Media studies
Islamic studies
Islamic literature manuscript
manuscript studies
book history
Online Access:OAPEN Library: download the publication
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Summary:This volume explores and calls into question certain commonly held assumptions about the nature of writing and technological advancement in the Islamic tradition. In particular, it challenges the idea that mechanical print naturally and inevitably displaces handwritten texts as well as the notion that the so-called transition from manuscript to print is unidirectional.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (374 p.)
ISBN:9783110776485
9783110776034
9783110776614
Access:Open Access

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