ROPER, GEOFFREY (EDITOR)
World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts Volume 1
London : Al-Furqn Islamic Heritage Foundation, London / Leiden, Brill, 1992.. XVIII + 569 p., index of names, , index of languages SOFTCOVER: (Orig. artificail leather AS NEW with VERY GOOD dustjacket)
¶ VERY SCARCE AND SOUGHT AFTER. This frst volume (of 4) is no longer regularly available.The 'World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts' is a collective bibliographic work, bringing together the work of manuscript scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, from all parts of the world, with the aim of increasing our knowledge of the written heritage of Islamic civilization . The Al-Furqan Survey seeks to fill in the gaps left by previous bibliographies and similar works, while bringing together and updating most of the information in it. It provides a guide to collections of Islamic manuscripts, details of how to access and hold them, and information about particularly important manuscripts they contain.
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