Burke explains the professional techniques employed by archivists and manuscript curators, describing what they do and why, so the beginning researcher has a fo

The 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 f

Burke explains the professional techniques employed by archivists and manuscript curators, describing what they do and why, so the beginning researcher has a fo

Covering the entire spectrum of Arabic manuscripts, and especially the handwritten book, this book consists of a glossary of technical terms and a bibliography.

Script and writing were among the most important inventions in human history, and until the invention of printing, the handwritten book was the primary medium o