A Paleographical Study of Early Christian Arabic Manuscripts

The present paper presents an overview of the types of writing that were used by Christian Arabic scribes during the long ninth century. It categories them into three groups consisting of several subcategories and discusses the traits of such categories. It further aims at collecting extant shelf ma...

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Published in:Collectanea Christiana orientalia
Main Author: Hjälm, Miriam L. 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. [2020]
In: Collectanea Christiana orientalia
Further subjects:B Christian Arabic
B Near East
B Manuscripts
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Summary:The present paper presents an overview of the types of writing that were used by Christian Arabic scribes during the long ninth century. It categories them into three groups consisting of several subcategories and discusses the traits of such categories. It further aims at collecting extant shelf marks of early Christian Arabic manuscripts and research relating to these findings, add to the search for disjecta membra , and contribute to our knowledge of individual scribes and scribal activity in the early Christian Arabic manuscript production.
ISSN:2386-7442
Contains:Enthalten in: Collectanea Christiana orientalia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.21071/cco.v17i0.1148