Chapter 10 Arabic Manuscripts and Books from the Bequest of Wetzstein

In: Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies
Authors:
Boris Liebrenz
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Christoph Rauch
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Pages:
174–193
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004393141_011

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Abstract

This article provides a small catalogue of 14 manuscripts and 7 Oriental printings from Wetzstein’s personal library that were acquired by the Prussian State Library together with his bequest in the early years of the 20th century. Outstanding among those objects is a small Quranic study collection of Wetzstein, comprising early Quranic fragments from the 2nd and 3rd Islamic centuries.

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Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies

Life and Collections of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) in Context

Series:  Islamic Manuscripts and Books, Volume: 19
Cover Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies
E-Book ISBN:
9789004393141
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
06 Mar 2019

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