[Andalusi Studies] Paper in Andalusia

[Susan Lord Williams]

Don’t quote me but I believe I remember that in the Jewish museum in Cordoba, they boast of being the first of amongst the first paper producers en Iberia which could have been prior to the 13th century synagogue on Judios St. 20. Anyway that is a lead.



On Jun 10, 2014, at 3:00 PM, andalusi_studies-request at lists.uoregon.edu wrote:

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> Dear members of the list,
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> Does anyone have information / Bib about how and when paper was introduced
> in Andalusia?
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> Isabel
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> From: Mar?a Isabel Fierro Bello 	<maribel.fierro at cchs.csic.es>
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> Juan Vernet talks about this in his book on Lo que Europa debe al Islam 
> de Espa?a/La cultura hispano-?rabe.
> Usually, the fact that Ibn Abd Rabbihi mentions in the Iqd different 
> types of reeds according to the material used for writing - including 
> paper - is interpreted as an indication that by the first half of the 
> tenth century there was paper in al-Andalus; when it started to be 
> fabricated locally is another matter more difficult to establish. The 
> first mention to a paper mill  is apparently found in a Christian source 
> just after the conquest of Toledo.
> Umberto Bongianino (Oxford University) who is writing a Ph.D. about mss 
> from al-Andalus would be the person to ask. Of course, F. D?roche surely 
> has an answer to this.
> Maribel Fierro
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> El 10/06/2014 13:55, Isabel Toral-Niehoff escribi?:
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>> Dear members of the list,
>> 
>> Does anyone have information / Bib about how and when paper was 
>> introduced in Andalusia?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Isabel
>> -- 
>> PD Dr. Isabel Toral-Niehoff
>> Seminar f?r Semitistik und Arabistik
>> Altensteinstra?e 34
>> 14195 Berlin
>> 
>> M4Human Senior Research Fellow
>> Aga Khan University
>> Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations
>> 210 Euston Road
>> London, NW1 2DA
>> 
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