Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition

This volume explores and calls into question certain commonly held assumptions about 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. Indeed, rather than distinct technologies that emerge in a progressive series (one naturally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110776030
• ISBN13: 9783110776034
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"