Adam Gacek, Faculty Lecturer in Arabic manuscript studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University (Montreal), is the author of many catalogues, articles and book chapters on Arabic and Persian manuscripts and printed rare books, as well as the recently published The Arabic Manuscript Tradition: a Glossary of Technical Terms & Bibliography (2001) and its Supplement (2008).
More than merely an introductory handbook, this is a serious work
that makes for entertainingly informative reading, with or without
a manuscript at hand. Extensively cross-indexed and referenced
(...). Recommended. Choice, February 2010
“…an indispensable research, library, and archival companion for
students and researchers that are interested in bibliomancy,
calligraphy, specifically Arabic, Qur’anic manuscripts, penmanship,
bookbinding, papermaking, decoration, and the tools associated with
all these crafts. Praise for this monumental effort is essentially
superfluous and no library or centre which is concerned with the
Islamic manuscript and book tradition should be without the set.
Academics and researchers would also find the books as
indispensable companions.”
Amidu Olalekan Sanni, JOAS, 2010
“Arabic Manuscripts. A Vademecum for Readers met à portée de tous
le résultat d’années de pratique en d’enseignement, et représente
un apport considérable dans le domaine.“
Cécile Bonmariage in Le Muséon 124 (2011), 493-496
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