Lecture on Islamic manuscripts

The Islamic Manuscript Association Lecture Series

"Covering and Re-Covering: Exploring the Codicological Evidence for
    Historical Repair, Recycling, and Re-Covering Phenomena in the
    Bindings of Islamic Manuscripts"
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
14 Stephenson Way
London NW1 2HD
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
6:30 pm

Registration required; Free of charge

A lecture by Evyn Kropf, Librarian of Near Eastern and Religious
Studies and Curator of the Islamic Manuscript Collection, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

The Islamic Manuscript Association, in cooperation with the
Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation and the Royal Asiatic Society of
Great Britain and Ireland, is pleased to announce the next in its
series of occasional lectures: 'Covering and Recovering: Exploring
the Codicological Evidence for Historical Repair, Recycling, and
Re-Covering Phenomena in the Bindings of Islamic Manuscripts',
presented by Evyn Kropf, librarian of Near Eastern and religious
studies and curator of the Islamic manuscript collection, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Following an overview of the current state of knowledge of
historical restoration practice in the Islamic context, this lecture
will briefly survey creative repairs and replacements in the Islamic
bookmaking tradition as they appear in codices of the Islamic
manuscript collection at the University of Michigan.  Case studies
will shed light on the analysis of these phenomena with an eye
towards determining the date, provenance, purpose, and materials
employed in the treatments, as well as suggesting avenues for future
research.

The lecture is limited to 55 persons and places will be filled on a
first-come, first-served basis.  The event is free of charge.

For more information, and to register, please see

    <URL:http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/lectureseries/2015.aspx>

The Islamic Manuscript Association is an international non-profit
organisation dedicated to protecting Islamic manuscript collections
and supporting those who work with them.  It was formed in response
to the urgent need to address the poor preservation and
inaccessibility of many Islamic manuscript collections around the
world.  The Association's lecture series publicises work with
Islamic manuscripts, bringing expert knowledge and insights to new
audiences beyond the Association's core membership.  If your
institution is interested in collaborating with the Association to
present a particular lecture or to suggest a speaker, please write
to us at admin<-at->islamicmanuscript<.>org.

R.B. Davidson MacLaren
Executive Director
The Islamic Manuscript Association
33 Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1QY
United Kingdom
+44 1223 303 177
Fax: +44 1223 302 218


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