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Arabic and the Art of Printing |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 22 August, 2008 |
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In this special section reproduced from Aramco World (issue March/April 1981), distinguished authors cover topics related to printing in the Islamic civilisation. It is showed, in particular, that contrary to the notion that the technology of printing somehow bypassed Muslims, the Islamic civilisation have left substantial evidence that block printing was a craft familiar to many in the medieval Islamic world between the 10th and the 15th centuries, long before Gutenberg invented press printing. The most common texts to have survived are amulets, of which several dozens survived, some of which are preserved in European and US libraries and museums.
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Muslim Printing Before Gutenberg |
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By: FSTC, Wed 28 May, 2008 |
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This article by an eminent scholar, Dr Geoffrey Roper, presents an outline of a tremendous issue: the existence of printing in early Islam, several centuries before the invention of printing by Gutenberg in the 15th century. Based on his work on original sources, he states that some of the early printed Arabic documents display quite sophisticated designs involving calligraphic headpieces, transverse lettering, geometric panels, roundels, and the use of colour. The author documents briefly this important discovery and concludes that "Muslims were practising the craft of printing for some five centuries before Gutenberg".
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The Abbasids’ House of Wisdom in Baghdad |
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By: Dr. Subhi Al-Azzawi, AA Dipl, PhD (UCL), ARB Architect, Kent, UK, Wed 07 February, 2007 |
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The House of Wisdom was in fame, status, scope, size, resources, patronage, etc. similar to that of the present day British Library in London or the Nationale Bibliotheque in Paris, in addition to being an Academy for the Arts and the Sciences where scholars came together for dialogue, discussions and discourses.
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Knowledge, Learning Institutions and Libraries in Islam: Book Publishing and Paper Making |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 11 January, 2007 |
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This short article describes the high regard with which Muslim Civilisation has held libraries as centres of knowledge. It reviews major contributions in the field and in particular to our modern books and libraries.
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The Beginning of the Paper Industry |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 10 January, 2003 |
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Paper, originally, was brought by the Muslims from China. From an art, the Muslims developed it into a major industry. Paper mills flourished across the Muslim World. The impact of Muslim manufacture of paper paved the way for the printing revolution.
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The Great Book Collectors |
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By: Quoted from F.B. Artz, Sat 20 July, 2002 |
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The Muslims were great book collectors, and in all the larger towns there was a flourishing book trade. From Baghdad, to Cairo, to Cordoba and to Fez, Muslims built the libraries that housed the world largest book collections of that time.
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