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Kitab al-Fihrist Part II: Dipping into History

Author: Kris Hirst - Published Thu 23 of Apr, 2026 08:19 EDT - (774 Reads)
Part II: Dipping into the Kitab al-Fihrist entices the reader to take a closer look at some of the contents of this ancient manuscript.
This image is the bottom edge of the 990 CE copy of the first volume of Kitab Al-Fihrist, conserved as MS3315 in the Chester Beatty Online Collections. Image credit: Chester Beatty, Dublin, CC BY 4.0.

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Cataloging the Rescue of Science: Kitab Al-Fihrist

Author: K. Kris Hirst - Published Mon 20 of Apr, 2026 07:46 EDT - (1040 Reads)
Part I: History of an Ancient Manuscript delves into the thousand-year-old Kitab al-Fihrist, its origin story and its compiler, how it survived until today, and the physical aspects of the book itself during the time when Islamic scholars brought lost sciences back to life.

This image is the illustration and title page of the 990 CE copy of Kitab Al-Fihrist, signed by the Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi and conserved as MS3315 in the Chester Beatty Online Collections. Image credit: Chester Beatty, Dublin, CC BY 4.0.
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