<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Dear all,</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">We are organizing the VI ARABIC CODICOLOGY Intensive Summer Course in El Escorial in June 2019. You can apply until the 15th of April. <br></font></div><div><font size="2">More info: <a href="mailto:mss.arabicscript@gmail.com">mss.arabicscript@gmail.com</a> and <a href="https://arabiccodicologycourse.weebly.com/programme.html">https://arabiccodicologycourse.weebly.com/programme.html</a></font><br></div><div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Garamond;color:black" lang="EN-GB">The VI edition of the course <i>Arabic Codicology: the Islamic manuscript
heritage in the El Escorial Collection</i> will provide the students with the basic
codicological knowledge and the research procedures needed to study and analyze
Arabic manuscripts. Moreover, it will familiarize them with the libraries of
the Arabic-Islamic world in Medieval and Modern times, particularly with the library
that belonged to the Moroccan sultan Muley Zayd</span><span style="color:black;background:rgb(248,249,250) none repeat scroll 0% 0%" lang="EN-GB">ā</span><span style="font-family:Garamond;color:black;background:rgb(248,249,250) none repeat scroll 0% 0%" lang="EN-GB">n.</span><span style="font-family:Garamond;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Garamond;color:black;background:rgb(248,249,250) none repeat scroll 0% 0%" lang="EN-GB">The course is designed on an
eminently practical dynamic. In the evenings, the students will be able to
apply the theoretical knowledge previously acquired in the mornings to the
actual manuscripts hosted at the Royal Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo
de El Escorial (RBME). This is the most important Arabic Manuscript Collection
of Spain and one of the most relevant in Europe. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond;color:black" lang="EN-GB">The venues of the summer courses are a privileged location due to the
proximity to the Library. The course will be taught entirely in English by
leading experts in Arabic Codicology Prof. </span><span lang="ES"><a href="https://ephe.academia.edu/NuriadeCastilla" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond" lang="EN-GB">Nuria de Castilla</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond;color:black" lang="EN-GB"> (EPHE, PSL, Paris) and Prof. </span><span lang="ES"><a href="https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/francois-deroche/index.htm" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond" lang="EN-GB">François Déroche</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond;color:black" lang="EN-GB"> (CdF, PSL, Paris). It is sponsored by the European project </span><span lang="ES"><a href="https://sicle.hypotheses.org/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond" lang="EN-GB">SICLE</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond;color:black" lang="EN-GB"> ("Saadian
Intellectual and Cultural Life", ERC 670628) and is designed for
historians, art historians, philologists, documentalists, antiquarians,
curators, bibliophiles, conservation specialists, etc., preferably with a
Master’s degree. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">We shall appreciate if you can spread this information. With my best wishes</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Nuria de Castilla<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Garamond;color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p>
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