الأخبار والمقالات
The Sālim BinYaʿqūb Ibāḍī Manuscript Library in Jerba, Tunisia
The Sālim Bin Yaʿqūb Ibāḍī Manuscript Library
in Jerba, Tunisia
A Preliminary Survey & Inventory*
Paul M. Love, Jr.
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
p.love@aui.ma
Abstract
This article offers a summary of a recent project aimed at the conservation and pre- liminary inventory of the Bin Yaʿqūb (Ben Yaqoub) family library in the village of Guīzin (Guezin) on the island of Jerba, Tunisia. The inventory, carried out from Septem- ber to December 2015 with generous funding from a Collection Care and Emergency Response Grant from The Islamic Manuscript Association (tima), sought to insure the long-term protection of this collection as well as to compile a preliminary inventory of its contents. This article provides an overview of the survey, including its stated goals and the extent to which it realized those objectives. The second half of the article pro- vides a preliminary inventory of the library’s contents.
Keywords
Ibāḍī – Ibāḍiyya – Ibaḍite – Jerba – Djerba – Tunisia – private library – conservation – inventory
Introduction
Maghribi Ibāḍī manuscript libraries represent rich archives for both the history of the Ibāḍī Muslim community and broader history of Northern Africa. Along- side the better-known manuscript collections of the Mzab valley in Algeria, a handful of family libraries on the Tunisian island of Jerba also house important collections of Ibāḍī manuscripts.1 Compared to their Algerian counterparts, however, most of the island’s collections remain unknown outside a small cir- cle of specialists and far less effort has gone into documenting their holdings.
I offer here a summary of a recent project aimed at the conservation and preliminary inventory of one such collection in Jerba: the Bin Yaʿqūb (Ben Yaqoub) family library in the village of Guīzin (Guezin). The inventory, carried out from September to December 2015 with generous funding from a Collection Care and Emergency Response Grant from The Islamic Manuscript Association (t i m a), sought to insure the long-term protection of this collection as well as to compile a preliminary inventory of its contents. This article provides an overview of the survey, including its stated goals and the extent to which it realized those objectives. The second half of the article provides a preliminary inventory of the library’s contents.
Paul M. Love, Jr.
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
p.love@aui.ma
Abstract
This article offers a summary of a recent project aimed at the conservation and pre- liminary inventory of the Bin Yaʿqūb (Ben Yaqoub) family library in the village of Guīzin (Guezin) on the island of Jerba, Tunisia. The inventory, carried out from Septem- ber to December 2015 with generous funding from a Collection Care and Emergency Response Grant from The Islamic Manuscript Association (tima), sought to insure the long-term protection of this collection as well as to compile a preliminary inventory of its contents. This article provides an overview of the survey, including its stated goals and the extent to which it realized those objectives. The second half of the article pro- vides a preliminary inventory of the library’s contents.
Keywords
Ibāḍī – Ibāḍiyya – Ibaḍite – Jerba – Djerba – Tunisia – private library – conservation – inventory
Introduction
Maghribi Ibāḍī manuscript libraries represent rich archives for both the history of the Ibāḍī Muslim community and broader history of Northern Africa. Along- side the better-known manuscript collections of the Mzab valley in Algeria, a handful of family libraries on the Tunisian island of Jerba also house important collections of Ibāḍī manuscripts.1 Compared to their Algerian counterparts, however, most of the island’s collections remain unknown outside a small cir- cle of specialists and far less effort has gone into documenting their holdings.
I offer here a summary of a recent project aimed at the conservation and preliminary inventory of one such collection in Jerba: the Bin Yaʿqūb (Ben Yaqoub) family library in the village of Guīzin (Guezin). The inventory, carried out from September to December 2015 with generous funding from a Collection Care and Emergency Response Grant from The Islamic Manuscript Association (t i m a), sought to insure the long-term protection of this collection as well as to compile a preliminary inventory of its contents. This article provides an overview of the survey, including its stated goals and the extent to which it realized those objectives. The second half of the article provides a preliminary inventory of the library’s contents.
الذكاء الاصطناعي في خدمة التراث المخطوط
"الذكاء الاصطناعي في خدمة التراث المخطوط" أمسية ثقافية مميزة للتعريف بمشروعين رائدين يستخدمان قوة تكنولوجيا الذكاء الاصطناعي للحفاظ على تراثنا المخطوط وتعزيز الوصول إليه.
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