Book/Printed Material An Essay on the Field of Scholarship.
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Title
- An Essay on the Field of Scholarship.
Summary
- This work by Muhammad al-Amidi (died 1786 [1180 AH]?) examines the concept of knowledge, both as innate (hudhoori) and acquired (husooli). The author explores the disagreement between philosophers and theologians over the nature of divine knowledge, and the difference between divine and human knowledge. This manuscript copy dates from 1805. It is from the Bašagić Collection of Islamic Manuscripts in the University Library of Bratislava, Slovakia, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 1997. Safvet beg Bašagić (1870--1934) was a Bosnian scholar, poet, journalist, and museum director who assembled a collection of 284 manuscript volumes and 365 print volumes that together reflect the development of Islamic civilization from its inception to the early 20th century. The manuscript is item 289 in Jozef Blaškovič, Arabské, turecké a perzské rukopisy Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave (Arab, Turkish, and Persian manuscripts in the University Library, Bratislava).
Names
- Al-Amidi, Muhammad, ?-1233 Author.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1805.
Headings
- - 1150 to 1233
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Memory of the World
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 53 folios ; 22 x 16 centimeters ; black and red ink ; semileather hardcover.
- - Original resource at: University Library in Bratislava.
- - Content in Arabic.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Bašagic's Collection of Islamic Manuscripts
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667160
Online Format
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