Cataloging the Rescue of Science: Kitab Al-Fihrist
- Published Mon 20 of Apr, 2026 07:46 EDT - (775 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.
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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