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Book SynopsisThe Yemeni Manuscript Tradition contributes to the study of the manuscript codex and its role in scholastic culture in Yemen. Ranging in period from Islam’s first century to the modern period, all the articles in this volume emerge from the close scrutiny of the manuscripts of Yemen. As a group, these studies demonstrate the range and richness of scholarly methods closely tied to the material text, and the importance of cross-pollination in the fields of codicology, textual criticism, and social and intellectual history. Contributors are: Hassan Ansari, Menashe Anzi, Asma Hilali, Kerstin Hünefeld, Wilferd Madelung, Arianna D’Ottone, Christoph Rauch, Anne Regourd, Sabine Schmidtke, Gregor Schwarb and Jan Thiele.
Table of ContentsIntroduction David Hollenberg, Christoph Rauch, Sabine Schmidtke List of contributors Was the Ṣanʿāʾ Qurʾān Palimpsest a Work in Progress? Asma Hilali Yūsuf al-Baṣīr’s Rebuttal of Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī in a Yemeni Zaydī Manuscript of the 7th/13th Century Hassan Ansari, Wilferd Madelung and Sabine Schmidtke MS Berlin, State Library, Glaser 51: A Unique Manuscript From the Early 7th/13th-Century Bahšamite Milieu in Yemen Hassan Ansari and Jan Thiele The Pearl and the Ruby: Scribal Dicta and Other Metatextual Notes in Yemeni Mediaeval Manuscripts Arianna D’Ottone The Literary-Religious Tradition Among 7th/13th-Century Yemenī Zaydīs (II): The Case of ʿAbd Allāh b. Zayd al-ʿAnsī (d. 667/1269) Hassan Ansari and Sabine Schmidtke MS Munich, Bavarian State Library, Cod. arab. 1294: A Guide to Zaydī Kalām-Studies During the Ṭāhirid and Early Qāsimite Periods (mid-15th—early 18th centuries) Gregor Schwarb Zaydī Scholars on the Move: A Multitext Manuscript by Yaḥyā Ibn Ḥumayd al-Miqrāʾī (b. 908/1503, d. 990/1582) and Other Contemporary Sources Christoph Rauch Papiers filigranés de manuscrits de Zabid, premier tiers du XVIIIe-milieu du XXe siècle: papiers importés et «locaux» Anne Regourd Ṣanʿāʾ, Jerusalem, New York: Imām Yaḥyā Ḥamīd al-Dīn (1869-1948) and Yemeni-Jewish Migration from Palestine to the United States Menashe Anzi and Kerstin Hünefeld Index of Names Index of Places Index of Books
