Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition.
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2022.
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| Series: | Studies in Manuscript Cultures
26 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (374 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110776034 3110776030 9783110776485 3110776480 9783110776614 3110776618 |