Manuscript Traditions

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Near Eastern Studies Lecture

March 23, 2022 | 12:00pm

Björn Bentlage, Orientalisches Institut, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

A rare find from the late Mamluk period offers new insights into the origins of a literary form and practice which, over the next centuries, would continue to...

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Near Eastern Studies Lecture

February 16, 2022 | 12:00pm

Paul Babinski, University of Copenhagen

How did orientalists read, learn languages, and produce dictionaries, editions, and other works? Annotated manuscripts in particular offer a glimpse into the orientalist’s study, showing the sources they used...

MEMaT

Middle Eastern Manuscript Traditions (MEMaT) is a multidisciplinary project which aims at studying various aspects of manuscript production, utilization, and transmission history. The project is a collaboration between Sabine Schmidtke (IAS) and Geo...