Copies of the Manuscript Atwāq al-ḏahab al-Zamahsarī from the collections of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Oriental Department of Gorky Research Library of St. Petersburg State University

Authors

  • Yafia Hana St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
  • Enesh Akhmatshina St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu13.2017.207

Abstract

This paper presents a study of oriental manuscripts. The study focuses on the life of famous scholar al-Zamahsarī and one of his most important writings, Atwāq al-ḏahab, or Golden Necklaces of Exhortations and Sermons.
Al-Zamahsarī’s work is analyzed from the point of view of style and grammar. Three different copies of the manuscript are compared, two of which come from the collection of the Oriental Department of Gorky Research Library of St Petersburg State University and one from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Keywords:

codicology, Arabic manuscript, manuscript copies, Arabic language, didactic literature

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Published

2017-06-20

How to Cite

Hana, Y., & Akhmatshina, E. (2017). Copies of the Manuscript Atwāq al-ḏahab al-Zamahsarī from the collections of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Oriental Department of Gorky Research Library of St. Petersburg State University. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 9(2), 196–210. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu13.2017.207

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2017)

Section

History and source studies

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