[Andalusi Studies] Arabic Codicology Summer Course 3-7 July 2017 - El Escorial (Spain)

[Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz]

Dear colleagues,

New Summer Course 2017 on *Arabic Codicology: the Islamic Manuscript
Heritage in the El Escorial Collection*. The course will take place in San
Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain) from Monday *3rd to Friday the 7th of July*.


For international researchers, MA and PhD students, professionals related
with the Arts, the History and the libraries to acquire or improve their
codicological skills with a practical approach studying the most important
collection of Arabic Manuscript in Spain.

More information:

WebPage <http://arabiccodicologycourse.weebly.com/>

FB Manuscritos en el islam
<https://www.facebook.com/CursodeManuscritosenelislamUcm/>

Email address: mss.arabicscript at gmail.com

Best regards,


Nuria Martinez de Castilla


Please find attached the course program and poster.


*Monday, 3rd July*

*10.30 h. Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz*. École Pratique des Hautes
Études, Paris *José Luis del Valle*. Director of Real Biblioteca del
Monasterio de El Escorial

                 The Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial and its
manuscript collections

*11.15 h.    Break *

*11.45 h.*    *Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz*

                 About the importance of the Codicological studies

*12.15 h.*   *François Déroche*. Collège de France. Paris

                Writing surfaces: parchment and paper.

*16.00 h.*    *Karima Benaicha*. Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation,
London

                 Al-Furqan Digital Library Portal: World Islamic MSS
collections, catalogues and written heritage resources.

*16.30 h.*    *Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz* and *François Déroche*

                Writing surfaces II: Western paper



*Tuesday, 4th July *

*09.30 h.*    *Nuria Martínez de Castilla*

                 The basis of Codex Composition

*11.30 h.    Break *

*12.00 h.*    *François Déroche*

                 Inks and lay-out

*16.00 h.*    *Round-table*: How to observe and describe an Arabic
manuscript?

                 Discussants: *Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz* and *François
Déroche*



*Wednesday, 5th July *

*09.30 h.*    *François Déroche*

                 Arabic paleography

*11.30 h.*    *Break *

*12.00 h.*    *François Déroche*

                 Decoration of manuscripts

*16.00 h.*    *Round-table*: Towards a History of the Arabic manuscript

                 Discussants: *François Déroche* and *Nuria Martínez de
Castilla Muñoz*



*Thursday, 6th July *

*09.30 h.*    *Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz* and *François Déroche*

                 Arabic Bindings

*11.30 h.    Break *

*12.00 h.    François Déroche*

                 Notes and Colophons

*16.00 h.*    *Round-table*: Bookbinders at work

                 Discussants: *Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz* and *François
Déroche*



*Friday, 7th July *

*10.00 h.*    *François Déroche*

                 History of Manuscripts

*12.30 h.*           Closing session and diploma delivery
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