A Library Lost: The al-Baʿṭūrī Library in Jerba, Tunisia

Contenu

Love Jr, Paul M. 2023. « A Library Lost: The Al-Baʿṭūrī Library in Jerba, Tunisia ». In Social Codicology: The Multiple Lives of Manuscripts in Muslim Societies, 259-73. Brill, bibliographie, consulté le 30 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/52200

Titre
A Library Lost: The al-Baʿṭūrī Library in Jerba, Tunisia
Date
2024
Dans
Social Codicology: The Multiple Lives of Manuscripts in Muslim Societies
Leiden Studies in Islam and Society
Résumé
Abstract In this photo essay, I use the story of a private manuscript library belonging to the al-Baʿṭūrī family in Jerba, Tunisia to reflect on my foray into the world of social codicology and the historical anthropology of rumour surrounding manuscript collections on the island. In some cases, stories about manuscripts in Jerba often have little to do with manuscripts. Instead, they convey information about the people associated with them. In other cases, rumours and stories about manuscripts contain information that is anachronistic, contradictory, or even blatantly untrue. Drawing inspiration from Luise White’s work on vampire narratives in colonial East Africa, I maintain that the rumors about manuscripts and libraries need not contain information that is true in order to convey important information about people and manuscripts in Jerba.
Place
Leiden
Sujet
Bibliothèques -- Djerba
Manuscrits -- Djerba
Langue
eng
rédacteur
Akkerman, Olly
Numéro
21
pages
259-273
ISBN
978-90-04-68932-9

Love Jr, Paul M. 2023. « A Library Lost: The Al-Baʿṭūrī Library in Jerba, Tunisia ». In Social Codicology: The Multiple Lives of Manuscripts in Muslim Societies, 259-73. Brill, bibliographie, consulté le 30 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/52200

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