3 Archival Practices and Pragmatic Literacy

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Argument and Historiographical Setting: Books, Documents and Social Practice 1
6. Part I The Narrative
7. 1 Making a Living in Endowments 21
8. 2 Beyond Endowment 49
9. 3 Archival Practices and Pragmatic Literacy 78
10. 4 Lists and Inventories: The Sale Booklet’s Documentary Logic 110
11. 5 The Making and Unmaking of a Prestige Library 132
12. 6 Book Prices 165
13. Looking Beyond Jerusalem: The Dynamics of the Written Word and its Materiality 203
14. Part II The Documents
15. 7 Analysis and Edition of the Sale Booklet 211
16. 8 Analysis and Edition of the Documentary Network around the Sale Booklet 287
17. Appendix 1 Overview of Documents Linked to Burhān al-Dīn’s Life and Estate 324
18. Appendix 2 Edition of Sixteen Documents Linked to Burhān al-Dīn’s Life and Estate 332
19. Appendix 3 List of Edited Ḥaram al-sharīf Documents 354
20. Bibliography 362
21. General Index 382
22. Index of Authors in Burhān al-Dīn’s Library 394
23. Index of Book Titles in Burhān al-Dīn’s Library 396
24. Index of Buyers in the Auction of Burhān al-Dīn’s Estate 400
25. Index of Subjects in Burhān al-Dīn’s Library 403
26. Index of Objects Other than Books in Burhān al-Dīn’s Estate 404
27. Index of Ḥaram al-sharīf Documents 406