Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies : Life and Collections of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) in context /
Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies : Life and Collections of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) in context /
edited by Boris Liebrenz and Christoph Rauch.
- 1 online resource.
- Islamic manuscripts and books, Volume 19 1877-9964 ; Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386341 .
- Islamic Manuscripts and Books 19. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386341. .
Collects papers originally presented at the symposium Studies on Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905): Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies, presented by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in cooperation with Orientalisches Institut der Unversität Leipzig, Feb. 19-21, 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Introduction / Berlin -- Johann Gottfried Wetzstein als Forscher / Semitic Studies at the University of Berlin during Wetzstein’s Lifetime / Growing Collections and Rising Expectations / The Wetzstein Collections -- The Wetzstein Collection at Tübingen University Library / The Quranic Collections Acquired by Wetzstein / Johann Gottfried Wetzstein’s Manuscripts Containing Arabic Popular Stories / The Consul and the King / Wetzstein in Wonderland / Arabic Manuscripts and Books from the Bequest of Wetzstein / Collecting Oriental Manuscripts -- Collecting Islamic Manuscripts at the Munich Court Library in the Nineteenth Century / Manuscript Acquisitions and Their Later Movements / Manuscript Ownership and Readership at the American University of Beirut at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Damascus -- Looking at Man in the State of Nature / From Leipzig to Damascus / Ergänzungen zu den hinterlassenen Papieren Johann Gottfried Wetzsteins / Living in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Damascus / Arabist and Consul in Damascus / Back Matter -- Index. Boris Liebrenz and Christoph Rauch -- Holger Preißler † -- Ludmila Hanisch † -- Christoph Rauch -- Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf -- François Déroche -- Jan Just Witkam -- Faustina Doufikar-Aerts -- Claudia Ott -- Boris Liebrenz and Christoph Rauch -- Helga Rebhan -- Alba Fedeli -- Kaoukab Chebaro and Samar El Mikati El Kaissi -- Astrid Meier -- Boris Liebrenz -- Ingeborg Huhn -- Anke Scharrahs -- Robert Irwin --
Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies commemorates the life and works of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) as a scholar, manuscript collector, and consul in Berlin and Damascus. Beyond research into Wetzstein's own time, special attention is given to the impact his efforts to acquire manuscripts have had until this day. Several contributions also illustrate contemporary developments that give context to his own career as a scholar and diplomat. The particular focus of this volume allows to explore the history of Oriental scholarship not purely through the lens of academic posts and publications but encourages us to discover lifes such as Wetzstein's, without academic stardom yet laying the material foundations of textual work for generations. Contributors are Kaoukab Chebaro; François Déroche; Faustina Doufikar-Aerts; Alba Fedeli; Ludmila Hanisch †; Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf; Ingeborg Huhn; Robert Irwin; Boris Liebrenz; Astrid Meier; Samar El Mikati El Kaissi; Claudia Ott; Holger Preißler †; Christoph Rauch; Helga Rebhan; Anke Scharrahs; Jan Just Witkam.
Chapters in English and German.
9789004393141
10.1163/9789004393141 DOI
Wetzstein, J. G. 1815-1905 --Congresses.
Middle East specialists--Germany--Biography--Congresses.
Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Germany--Congresses.
Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Middle East--Congresses.
Middle East--Historiography--Congresses.
DS32.7.W47 / S78 2015
956
Collects papers originally presented at the symposium Studies on Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905): Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies, presented by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in cooperation with Orientalisches Institut der Unversität Leipzig, Feb. 19-21, 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Introduction / Berlin -- Johann Gottfried Wetzstein als Forscher / Semitic Studies at the University of Berlin during Wetzstein’s Lifetime / Growing Collections and Rising Expectations / The Wetzstein Collections -- The Wetzstein Collection at Tübingen University Library / The Quranic Collections Acquired by Wetzstein / Johann Gottfried Wetzstein’s Manuscripts Containing Arabic Popular Stories / The Consul and the King / Wetzstein in Wonderland / Arabic Manuscripts and Books from the Bequest of Wetzstein / Collecting Oriental Manuscripts -- Collecting Islamic Manuscripts at the Munich Court Library in the Nineteenth Century / Manuscript Acquisitions and Their Later Movements / Manuscript Ownership and Readership at the American University of Beirut at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Damascus -- Looking at Man in the State of Nature / From Leipzig to Damascus / Ergänzungen zu den hinterlassenen Papieren Johann Gottfried Wetzsteins / Living in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Damascus / Arabist and Consul in Damascus / Back Matter -- Index. Boris Liebrenz and Christoph Rauch -- Holger Preißler † -- Ludmila Hanisch † -- Christoph Rauch -- Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf -- François Déroche -- Jan Just Witkam -- Faustina Doufikar-Aerts -- Claudia Ott -- Boris Liebrenz and Christoph Rauch -- Helga Rebhan -- Alba Fedeli -- Kaoukab Chebaro and Samar El Mikati El Kaissi -- Astrid Meier -- Boris Liebrenz -- Ingeborg Huhn -- Anke Scharrahs -- Robert Irwin --
Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies commemorates the life and works of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) as a scholar, manuscript collector, and consul in Berlin and Damascus. Beyond research into Wetzstein's own time, special attention is given to the impact his efforts to acquire manuscripts have had until this day. Several contributions also illustrate contemporary developments that give context to his own career as a scholar and diplomat. The particular focus of this volume allows to explore the history of Oriental scholarship not purely through the lens of academic posts and publications but encourages us to discover lifes such as Wetzstein's, without academic stardom yet laying the material foundations of textual work for generations. Contributors are Kaoukab Chebaro; François Déroche; Faustina Doufikar-Aerts; Alba Fedeli; Ludmila Hanisch †; Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf; Ingeborg Huhn; Robert Irwin; Boris Liebrenz; Astrid Meier; Samar El Mikati El Kaissi; Claudia Ott; Holger Preißler †; Christoph Rauch; Helga Rebhan; Anke Scharrahs; Jan Just Witkam.
Chapters in English and German.
9789004393141
10.1163/9789004393141 DOI
Wetzstein, J. G. 1815-1905 --Congresses.
Middle East specialists--Germany--Biography--Congresses.
Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Germany--Congresses.
Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Middle East--Congresses.
Middle East--Historiography--Congresses.
DS32.7.W47 / S78 2015
956