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The African Studies Companion Online is part of African Research Online.
This new edition of the African Studies Companion Online brings together a wide range of sources of information in the African studies field. It builds on four previous editions of the African Studies Companion, the award-winning publication initiated by Hans Zell. Published in print and online until 2006, this new edition is published electronically only.
The African Studies Companion Online is an invaluable tool for scholars in African Studies. It contains over 1800 entries covering guides and resources for African languages, Africa cartography and maps, African film, African studies journals, magazines and newsletters, media guides and news sources for Africa, the African press, African studies library collections worldwide, national archives in Africa, centers of African studies and African studies programs worldwide, awards and prizes in African studies, and a wealth of other subjects.
Many entries describe and evaluate resources, others are factual and provide practical information. With a few exceptions, all entries directly link to the internet.
Easy to search and navigate, African Studies Companion Online is the best starting point for students and professionals in African Studies.
Edited by Marie-José Wijntjes
This new edition of the African Studies Companion Online brings together a wide range of sources of information in the African studies field. It builds on four previous editions of the African Studies Companion, the award-winning publication initiated by Hans Zell. Published in print and online until 2006, this new edition is published electronically only.
The African Studies Companion Online is an invaluable tool for scholars in African Studies. It contains over 1800 entries covering guides and resources for African languages, Africa cartography and maps, African film, African studies journals, magazines and newsletters, media guides and news sources for Africa, the African press, African studies library collections worldwide, national archives in Africa, centers of African studies and African studies programs worldwide, awards and prizes in African studies, and a wealth of other subjects.
Many entries describe and evaluate resources, others are factual and provide practical information. With a few exceptions, all entries directly link to the internet.
Easy to search and navigate, African Studies Companion Online is the best starting point for students and professionals in African Studies.
Edited by Marie-José Wijntjes
This is the first Western-language online reference guide focusing exclusively on Chinese literature from ca. 700 B.C. to the early 7th century. The database contains 1715 entries on major and minor writers, literary forms and "schools", and important Chinese literary terms.
In addition to providing authoritative information about each subject, it includes detailed, up-to-date bibliographies and source information.
It also provides convenient search and browsing functions, such as the ability to search not only Chinese characters, both traditional and simplified, but also to do searches by radicals and strokes in addition to Pinyin.
In addition to providing authoritative information about each subject, it includes detailed, up-to-date bibliographies and source information.
It also provides convenient search and browsing functions, such as the ability to search not only Chinese characters, both traditional and simplified, but also to do searches by radicals and strokes in addition to Pinyin.
Justinian's Corpus iuris in the Byzantine world
Basilica Online is a fully-searchable online edition of the 17 volumes of the Basilica text and its scholia, as edited between 1945 and 1988 by H.J. Scheltema, D. Holwerda, and N. van der Wal. The Basilica is the single-most important source for Byzantine law throughout the period of the Byzantine empire, and is a major source for Byzantine studies more broadly.
Added Features and Benefits
- Most recent and accurate edition of the Basilica text and its scholia.
- Fully searchable in both Latin and Greek.
- All critical apparatus of the edition included.
- Browsing and navigation functionalities at volume (volumen), book (liber) or chapter (titulus) level.
- Full academic introduction written specifically for the online edition by Professor Dr B. H. Stolte.
- Comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography compiled by Dr T. E. van Bochove.
- Collective index to the text and scholia.
Readership:
Researchers with interests in Byzantine law, Byzantine society, medieval legal history, Roman law and its afterlives, and medieval Greek language.
Added Features and Benefits
- Most recent and accurate edition of the Basilica text and its scholia.
- Fully searchable in both Latin and Greek.
- All critical apparatus of the edition included.
- Browsing and navigation functionalities at volume (volumen), book (liber) or chapter (titulus) level.
- Full academic introduction written specifically for the online edition by Professor Dr B. H. Stolte.
- Comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography compiled by Dr T. E. van Bochove.
- Collective index to the text and scholia.
Readership:
Researchers with interests in Byzantine law, Byzantine society, medieval legal history, Roman law and its afterlives, and medieval Greek language.
The Encyclopaedia of Islam: An Anthology in Arabic Translation (4 vols)
Editor / Translator:
تمثّل هذه المختارات أول ظهور لدائرة المعارف الإسلامية باللغة العربية. ودائرة المعارف الإسلامية من أهمّ الأعمال الموسوعيّة وأرسخها قدما في كافة مجالات الدراسات الإسلامية في جميع أنحاء العالم، وهي عصارة جهود جبّارة، تواصلت أكثر من مائة عام؛ شارك فيها أساطين الدراسات الإسلاميّة والمشرقيّة من جميع أنحاء العالم. ترجم معهد تونس للترجمة هذه المختارات إلى اللغة العربيّة حتّى ترفد النسخ الأمّ باللغات الإنجليزيّة والفرنسيّة والألمانيّة. تضمّ ما يزيد عن مائتي مقال رئيسيّ في مواضيع من الحضارة الإسلاميّة، بجميع مقوّماتها التاريخيّة والثقافيّة والدينيّة، ثلثاها تمّ اصطفاؤهما من الإصدار الثاني لدائرة المعارف الإسلاميّة، وثلثها الآخر من الإصدار الثالث. وجميعها مقالات علمية محكّمة، وفّرت، لثلاثة أجيال متتالية أو أربعة، أداة للدارسين الأكاديميين ولبراعم الباحثين وكانت لهم بمثابة مدرسة حاضنة في البحث، تميّزت بصرامة المنهج وغزارة المعلومات ودقّتها وبالموضوعيّة والحياد. وهي خصال تجعل من دائرة المعارف الإسلاميّة سندا متينا للباحث الأكاديميّ في الحضارة الإسلاميّة، وروضة للقارئ الطلعة، ومعينا لا ينضب من النصوص الساندة للمعلّم والمتعلّم. تضمّ هذه الترجمة أربعة مجلّدات، وهي ثمرة تعاون بين مؤسّسة بريل الملكيّة للنشر ومعهد تونس للترجمة.
Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-Islāmiyya: Mukhtārāt is the first official translation of the Encyclopaedia of Islam in Arabic. The Encyclopaedia of Islam is the globally respected and preeminent reference work in the field of Islamic Studies. It is the result of an academic enterprise that has been ongoing for over a century now. It brings together the efforts of the most important scholars in the field of Islamic Studies from all over the world. This version forms a welcome addition to the earlier versions of this important work in English, French, and German.
This anthology contains more than two hundred scholarly articles on a variety of topics connected Islam and Muslims, including religious, historical, and cultural matters. Two-thirds of the articles in this anthology originate from the Second Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, one third stems from the Third Edition. It is a valuable tool for academic researchers and general readers alike. The articles can also be used as high quality teaching material.
This translation is the result of a collaboration between Brill and the Tunis Institute for Translation, and is published in four volumes.
The Encyclopaedia of Islam: An Anthology in Arabic Translation (4 vols)
تمثّل هذه المختارات أول ظهور لدائرة المعارف الإسلامية باللغة العربية. ودائرة المعارف الإسلامية من أهمّ الأعمال الموسوعيّة وأرسخها قدما في كافة مجالات الدراسات الإسلامية في جميع أنحاء العالم، وهي عصارة جهود جبّارة، تواصلت أكثر من مائة عام؛ شارك فيها أساطين الدراسات الإسلاميّة والمشرقيّة من جميع أنحاء العالم. ترجم معهد تونس للترجمة هذه المختارات إلى اللغة العربيّة حتّى ترفد النسخ الأمّ باللغات الإنجليزيّة والفرنسيّة والألمانيّة. تضمّ ما يزيد عن مائتي مقال رئيسيّ في مواضيع من الحضارة الإسلاميّة، بجميع مقوّماتها التاريخيّة والثقافيّة والدينيّة، ثلثاها تمّ اصطفاؤهما من الإصدار الثاني لدائرة المعارف الإسلاميّة، وثلثها الآخر من الإصدار الثالث. وجميعها مقالات علمية محكّمة، وفّرت، لثلاثة أجيال متتالية أو أربعة، أداة للدارسين الأكاديميين ولبراعم الباحثين وكانت لهم بمثابة مدرسة حاضنة في البحث، تميّزت بصرامة المنهج وغزارة المعلومات ودقّتها وبالموضوعيّة والحياد. وهي خصال تجعل من دائرة المعارف الإسلاميّة سندا متينا للباحث الأكاديميّ في الحضارة الإسلاميّة، وروضة للقارئ الطلعة، ومعينا لا ينضب من النصوص الساندة للمعلّم والمتعلّم. تضمّ هذه الترجمة أربعة مجلّدات، وهي ثمرة تعاون بين مؤسّسة بريل الملكيّة للنشر ومعهد تونس للترجمة.
Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-Islāmiyya: Mukhtārāt is the first official translation of the Encyclopaedia of Islam in Arabic. The Encyclopaedia of Islam is the globally respected and preeminent reference work in the field of Islamic Studies. It is the result of an academic enterprise that has been ongoing for over a century now. It brings together the efforts of the most important scholars in the field of Islamic Studies from all over the world. This version forms a welcome addition to the earlier versions of this important work in English, French, and German.
This anthology contains more than two hundred scholarly articles on a variety of topics connected Islam and Muslims, including religious, historical, and cultural matters. Two-thirds of the articles in this anthology originate from the Second Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, one third stems from the Third Edition. It is a valuable tool for academic researchers and general readers alike. The articles can also be used as high quality teaching material.
This translation is the result of a collaboration between Brill and the Tunis Institute for Translation, and is published in four volumes.
Eduard Sachau's Edition of Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr
Editor:
The Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr (Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra) by Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 A.H./845 C.E.) is the earliest extant biographical dictionary on the life of the Prophet and the early generations of Muslims. It is one of the most important historical works about the first centuries of Muslim society in Arabic. This classic Brill edition was supervised by Eduard Sachau and was originally titled Biographien Muhammeds, seiner Gefährten und der späteren Träger des Islams bis zum Jahre 230 der Flucht. This edition was originally published between 1904 and 1940.
Contributing editors
Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
Contributing editors
Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
1-1, The Biography of Muḥammad up to the Hijra
Volume Editor:
The Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr (Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra) by Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 A.H./845 C.E.) is the earliest extant biographical dictionary on the life of the Prophet and the early generations of Muslims. It is one of the most important historical works about the first centuries of Muslim society in Arabic. This classic Brill edition was supervised by Eduard Sachau and was originally titled Biographien Muhammeds, seiner Gefährten und der späteren Träger des Islams bis zum Jahre 230 der Flucht. This edition was originally published between 1904 and 1940.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
1-1, The Biography of Muḥammad up to the Hijra
Volume Editor:
The Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr (Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra) by Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 A.H./845 C.E.) is the earliest extant biographical dictionary on the life of the Prophet and the early generations of Muslims. It is one of the most important historical works about the first centuries of Muslim society in Arabic. This classic Brill edition was supervised by Eduard Sachau and was originally titled Biographien Muhammeds, seiner Gefährten und der späteren Träger des Islams bis zum Jahre 230 der Flucht. This edition was originally published between 1904 and 1940.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
1-2, The Biography of Muḥammad. Events during His Time in Medina, His Physical Appearance and His Habits
The Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr (Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra) by Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 A.H./845 C.E.) is the earliest extant biographical dictionary on the life of the Prophet and the early generations of Muslims. It is one of the most important historical works about the first centuries of Muslim society in Arabic. This classic Brill edition was supervised by Eduard Sachau and was originally titled Biographien Muhammeds, seiner Gefährten und der späteren Träger des Islams bis zum Jahre 230 der Flucht. This edition was originally published between 1904 and 1940.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
1-2, The Biography of Muḥammad. Events during His Time in Medina, His Physical Appearance and His Habits
The Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr (Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra) by Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 A.H./845 C.E.) is the earliest extant biographical dictionary on the life of the Prophet and the early generations of Muslims. It is one of the most important historical works about the first centuries of Muslim society in Arabic. This classic Brill edition was supervised by Eduard Sachau and was originally titled Biographien Muhammeds, seiner Gefährten und der späteren Träger des Islams bis zum Jahre 230 der Flucht. This edition was originally published between 1904 and 1940.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
2-1, The Military Campaigns of Muḥammad
Volume Editor:
The Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr (Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra) by Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 A.H./845 C.E.) is the earliest extant biographical dictionary on the life of the Prophet and the early generations of Muslims. It is one of the most important historical works about the first centuries of Muslim society in Arabic. This classic Brill edition was supervised by Eduard Sachau and was originally titled Biographien Muhammeds, seiner Gefährten und der späteren Träger des Islams bis zum Jahre 230 der Flucht. This edition was originally published between 1904 and 1940.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
2-1, The Military Campaigns of Muḥammad
Volume Editor:
The Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr (Biography of Muḥammad, His Companions and the Successors up to the Year 230 of the Hijra) by Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 A.H./845 C.E.) is the earliest extant biographical dictionary on the life of the Prophet and the early generations of Muslims. It is one of the most important historical works about the first centuries of Muslim society in Arabic. This classic Brill edition was supervised by Eduard Sachau and was originally titled Biographien Muhammeds, seiner Gefährten und der späteren Träger des Islams bis zum Jahre 230 der Flucht. This edition was originally published between 1904 and 1940.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.
Contributing editors Carl Brockelmann, Josef Horovitz, Julius Lippert, Bruno Meissner, Eugen Mittwoch, Friedrich Schwally, Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen.