Place Names in Colophons and Notes of Yemeni Manuscripts

IF 0.2 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Islamic Manuscripts Pub Date : 2022-01-13 DOI:10.1163/1878464x-01301003

C. Rauch

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Abstract

This article points to some geographical and historical conditions of scholarship and manuscript culture in Zaydi Yemen. The place of copying is only sporadically given in the colophons of Arabic manuscripts. This is confirmed by a systematic investigation into the catalogues of the Berlin collection presented here. In particular, this article discusses the presence of place names in the colophons and notes of Yemeni manuscripts, based on an examination of 750 volumes held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, and the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. It reveals that manuscripts from the Zaydi tradition were copied in numerous locations, but also shows the relevance of other places with respect to the transmission of knowledge. The wide range of fifty villages and smaller towns that appear in the colophons is significant for Yemen and can be explained by the long tradition of Zaydi scholars settling in the tribal territory in villages (qarya) or settlements called hijra (pl. hijar). The result remains surprising in so far as older catalogues of Yemeni manuscripts seem to be erratic and inconsistent in providing information on places of copying.

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也门手抄本附注中的地名

本文指出了扎伊迪也门学术和手稿文化的一些地理和历史条件。抄写的地方只是零星地出现在阿拉伯语手稿的附注中。这一点可以通过对这里展示的柏林收藏目录的系统调查得到证实。本文根据对维也纳Österreichische国家图书馆、慕尼黑Bayerische国家图书馆和柏林国家图书馆的750卷藏书的检查，特别讨论了在也门手稿的附注和注释中出现地名的情况。它揭示了来自Zaydi传统的手稿在许多地方被复制，但也显示了其他地方在知识传播方面的相关性。colophons中出现的50个村庄和较小的城镇对也门来说意义重大，这可以解释为扎伊迪学者在部落领土上定居在村庄(qarya)或称为hijra的定居点(hijar)的悠久传统。这一结果仍然令人惊讶，因为也门手稿的旧目录在提供抄写地点的信息方面似乎是不稳定和不一致的。

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Journal of Islamic Manuscripts HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Islamic Manuscripts (JIM) explores the crucial importance of the handwritten book in the Muslim world. It is concerned with the written transmission of knowledge, the numerous varieties of Islamic book culture and the materials and techniques of bookmaking, namely codicology. It also considers activities related to the care and management of Islamic manuscript collections, including cataloguing, conservation and digitization. It is the Journal’s ambition to provide students and scholars, librarians and collectors – in short, everyone who is interested in Islamic manuscripts – with a professional journal and functional platform of their own. It welcomes contributions in English, French and Arabic on codicology, textual studies, manuscript collections and collection care and management. Papers will be peer-reviewed to maintain a high scholarly level. The Journal of Islamic Manuscripts is published on behalf of the Islamic Manuscript Association Limited, an international non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Islamic manuscripts and supporting those who work with them.