Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Setting the Scene: The World of a Late Medieval Middling Scholar 23
7. 2 Monumentalising the Past 64
8. 3 Binding Matters – From Stand-alone Booklet to Monumental Composite Manuscript 115
9. 4 Conclusion: The After-life of the Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī Collection 155
10. 5 The Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī fihrist: Title Identification. Part I 171
11. 5 The Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī fihrist: Title Identification. Part II 330
12. 6 The Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī fihrist: Edition 512
13. Bibliography Bibliography 555
14. General Index 575
15. Index of Titles 582
16. Index of Authors 596
17. Index of Thematic Categories 607
18. Index of Identified Manuscripts of the Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī Corpus 611