Format:
1 Online-Ressource (302 p.)
ISBN:
9783447390989
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3447390980
Series Statement:
Arabische Studien v.17
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover -- Title pages -- Table of Contents -- Table of Figures -- Abbreviations and transliteration -- Reference works -- Institutions -- Notes to the Reader -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 State of research -- 1.2 The structure of this book -- 2. Physical properties of pendant Korans and related manuscripts -- 2. Physical properties of pendant Korans and related manuscripts -- 2.1 Codicological features of the main types of pendant Korans -- 2.1.1 Small and miniature Korans in Abbasid-era scripts
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2.1.2 Small and miniature Korans from the Maghreb and Andalusia -- 2.1.3 Miniature Koran manuscripts in a vertical codex form -- 2.1.4 Miniature manuscripts only containing parts (ajzāʼ) of the Koran -- 2.1.5 Octagonal Koran manuscripts -- 2.1.6 Miniature Koran scrolls -- 2.1.7 Exceptions and outliers -- 2.2 The content and paracontent of miniature Korans -- 2.3 Other Islamic miniature books -- 2.4 Non-Islamic miniature books -- 3. Production and miniaturisation -- 3.1 Bindings and writing supports -- 3.2 Miniature writing -- 3.2.1 Ghubār script in Arabic sources -- 3.2.2 Ghubār calligraphers
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3.2.3 Display scripts and reading aids in miniature Korans -- 3.3 Page layout and illumination -- 3.4 Interpreting the octagonal shape -- 3.4.1 Octagons in architecture -- 3.4.2 Octagonal amulets, amulet cases and other objects -- 3.4.3 Numerology -- 3.4.4 Craftsmanship, pragmatism and manuscript production -- 3.5 Amulet and Koran cases -- 3.5.1 Leather cases for codices -- 3.5.2 Metal cases for pendant Koran scrolls and octagonal codices -- 3.5.3 Banner Koran cases -- 3.5.4 Religious implications of Koran cases -- 4. The magico-religious context of miniature Korans -- 4.1 Islam and magic
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4.2 Magic and religion -- 4.3 Magico-religious beliefs and practices in the Middle East: a context for the use of miniature Korans -- 4.3.1 Solid objects with an amuletic function -- 4.3.2 Amuletic manuscripts and their cases -- 4.3.3 Bāzubands -- 4.3.4 Other talismanic practices -- 4.4 Explaining the magical functions of pendant Korans from the context -- 5. The usage of pendant Korans and similar manuscripts -- 5.1 Wearing a muṣḥaf around one's neck -- 5.2 Reciting from and reading pendant Korans -- 5.3 Pendant Korans as 'pocket books' and amulets
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5.4 Pendant Korans in rituals and on public display -- 5.5 Banner Korans -- 5.6 Explaining the purpose and functions of pendant Korans -- 6. Summary -- 6.1 Forms -- 6.2 Functions -- Works cited -- Primary sources, including eyewitness reports and related works -- Catalogues and related publications -- Secondary sources -- Index -- Appendix
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783447115742
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Berthold, Cornelius Forms and Functions of Pendant Koran Manuscripts Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag,c2021 ISBN 9783447115742
Language:
English
Author information:
Berthold, Cornelius 1987-
