<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">New<span lang="EN-GB"> Summer Course 2017 on <i>Arabic Codicology: the Islamic Manuscript
Heritage in the El Escorial Collection</i>. The course will take place in San
Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain) from Monday <b>3rd to Friday the 7th of July</b>. <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">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.</span></span></p><br><span lang="EN-GB">More information: </span><span lang="EN-GB">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://arabiccodicologycourse.weebly.com/">WebPage</a><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CursodeManuscritosenelislamUcm/">FB Manuscritos
en el islam</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Email address:
<a href="mailto:mss.arabicscript@gmail.com">mss.arabicscript@gmail.com</a></span><br><span lang="EN-GB">
<br></span></p>
B<span lang="EN-GB">est regards, </span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nuria Martinez de Castilla <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please find
attached the course program and poster. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="gmail-Body1" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(192,0,0)" lang="FR">Monday, 3rd July</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:calibri;color:windowtext" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">10.30 h. Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">. École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris<b> </b><span></span><span></span><b>José Luis del Valle</b>. Director of Real
Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>The Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial
and its manuscript collections</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">11.15 h.<span> </span>Break </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">11.45 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>About the importance of the Codicological studies </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">12.15 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>François Déroche</b>. Collège de France.
Paris</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Writing surfaces: parchment and
paper.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">16.00 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> <span> </span><b>Karima Benaicha</b>. Al-Furqan Islamic
Heritage Foundation, London</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Al-Furqan Digital Library
Portal: World Islamic MSS collections, catalogues and written heritage
resources. <span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">16.30 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> <span> </span><b>Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz</b> and <b>François Déroche</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><span> </span>Writing surfaces II: Western paper</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(192,0,0)" lang="FR">Tuesday, 4th July </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">09.30 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>Nuria Martínez de Castilla</b><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>The basis of Codex Composition</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">11.30 h.<span> </span>Break </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">12.00 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>François Déroche</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Inks and lay-out</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">16.00 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> <span> </span><b>Round-table</b>: How to observe and
describe an Arabic manuscript? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Discussants: <b>Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz</b> and <b>François Déroche</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(192,0,0)" lang="FR">Wednesday, 5th July </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">09.30 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>François Déroche</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Arabic paleography </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">11.30 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>Break </b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">12.00 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>François Déroche</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Decoration of manuscripts<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">16.00 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> <span> </span><b>Round-table</b>: Towards a History of the
Arabic manuscript </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Discussants: <b>François Déroche</b> and <b>Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(192,0,0)" lang="FR">Thursday, 6th July </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">09.30 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz</b> and <b>François Déroche</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Arabic Bindings </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">11.30 h.<span> </span>Break </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">12.00 h.<span> </span>François Déroche</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Notes and Colophons<span>
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">16.00 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> <span> </span><b>Round-table</b>: Bookbinders at work </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Discussants: <b>Nuria Martínez de Castilla Muñoz</b> and <b>François Déroche</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(192,0,0)" lang="FR">Friday, 7th July </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">10.00 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span><b>François Déroche</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>History of Manuscripts </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:49.65pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR">12.30 h.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri" lang="FR"><span> </span>Closing
session and diploma delivery </span></p>
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