Short courses on Islamic codicology

The Islamic Manuscript Association Course Series

"Introduction to Islamic Codicology"
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California, USA
3-7 August 2015

    The Islamic Manuscript Association
    <URL:http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/home.aspx>, in cooperation
    with the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation
    <URL:http://www.thesaurus-islamicus.li/index.htm> and Stanford
    University Libraries <URL:http://library.stanford.edu> is
    pleased to announce a short course entitled Introduction to
    Islamic Codicology, which will be held at Stanford University
    Libraries, from 3-7 August 2015.

    This intensive five-day course will introduce the study of
    Islamic manuscript codices as physical objects, or the
    archaeology of the Islamic book; and is intended for art
    historians, bookbinders, codicologists, conservators, curators,
    and anyone else working with or studying Islamic manuscripts.
    Daily illustrated lectures will provide an overview of writing
    surfaces and implements, the text block and its make up, page
    layout, bookbinding, illumination, scripts and hands, the
    transmission of texts, and methods of describing manuscripts.
    Participants who choose to register for the full course will
    attend the afternoon hands-on sessions, during which they will
    have the opportunity to examine Islamic manuscripts from
    Stanford University Libraries' collection at first hand and
    complete a series of practical exercises on manuscript
    description.

    The course will be taught by Professor Jan Just Witkam,
    professor emeritus of codicology and palaeography of the Islamic
    world at the University of Leiden and editor-in-chief of The
    Islamic Manuscript Association's Journal of Islamic Manuscripts.
    Professor Witkam was formerly editor-in-chief of the journal
    Manuscripts of the Middle East, and is a past president of the
    European Association of Middle East Librarians (MELCom
    International).  He has written numerous articles and books on
    Islamic codicology, and recently catalogued the Oriental
    manuscripts of the Juynboll family library in Leiden, the
    Netherlands as well as the Islamic manuscripts in the McPherson
    Library at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

    The full course, including lectures and hands-on sessions, is
    limited to 12 persons for pedagogical and security reasons,
    while the lecture component is restricted to 26 attendees;
    interested parties may choose to attend the lectures only.

    Further details, including the programme and registration form,
    can be found on the Association's website

        <URL:http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/courses/introduction-to-islamic-codicology,-stanford.aspx>

"Introduction to Islamic Codicology"
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
7-11 September 2015

    The Islamic Manuscript Association
    <URL:http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/home.aspx> together with
    the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation
    <URL:http://www.thesaurus-islamicus.li/index.htm> Cambridge
    University Library <URL:http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk> the HRH Prince
    Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies
    <URL:http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk> and the Faculty of Asian and
    Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge
    <URL:http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk>, announces the ninth annual
    Intensive Introduction to Islamic Codicology course.

    This intensive five-day course will introduce the study of
    Islamic manuscript codices as physical objects, or the
    archaeology of the Islamic book.  Daily illustrated lectures
    will provide an overview of writing supports, the structure of
    quires, ruling and page layout, bookbinding, ornamentation,
    tools and materials used in book making, and the paleography of
    book hands.  Participants may choose to register for hands-on
    sessions during which they will examine Islamic manuscripts from
    Cambridge University Library and complete a series of practical
    exercises on manuscript description.

    The course will be led by Professor Francois Deroche, holder of
    the Chair of History of the Qur'an, Text and Transmission at the
    College de France, one of the leading scholars of Islamic
    codicology and palaeography, and author of the book Islamic
    Codicology: An Introduction to the Study of Manuscripts in
    Arabic Script.  During the hands-on component, Professor Deroche
    will be assisted by Dr Nuria Martinez de Castilla Munoz,
    Lecturer at Complutense University in Madrid.

    Please note that the course does not require any knowledge of
    Arabic, Persian, Turkish, or other languages spoken in the
    Muslim World, and is suitable for art historians, bookbinders,
    codicologists, conservators, curators, and anyone else working
    with Islamic manuscripts.

    The full course, including lectures and hands-on sessions, is
    limited to twelve persons for conservation and security reasons.
    There is no attendance limit for the lectures.  All instruction
    will be in English.

    Further details, including the programme and registration form,
    can be found on the Association's website

        <URL:http://www.islamicmanuscript.org/courses/introduction-to-islamic-codicology,-cambridge.aspx>

R.B. Davidson MacLaren
Executive Director, The Islamic Manuscript Association
Assistant Head, Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation
Director Emeritus, Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation
and Dar al-Kutub Manuscript Project
33 Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1QY
United Kingdom
+44 1223 303 177
Fax: +44 1223 302 218


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