NEW ARABIC MSS CATALOGUE FROM CAMBRIDGE
TITLE: Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah
collections: Arabic Old Series (T-S Ar.1a-54).
AUTHORS: Colin F. Baker & Meira Polliack
Specialist advisor: Haggai Ben-Shammai
PUBLISHED: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001 (Cambridge University
Library Genizah series, 12)
616pp. + 24 plates. Hardback
ISBN: 0-521-79280-0
PRICE: UK£130.- or US$190.-
Descriptions of 7891 mediaeval Arabic MSS, fragments, letters & documents, of
which about 15% are in Arabic script, the rest in Hebrew script. Indexes of
authors & their works, sources (Bible, etc.) and subjects (ranging from
Alchemy to Writing exercises).
Obtainable from Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, Madrid, New York, Cape
Town & Oakleigh, Australia). Website: http://www.cambridge.org
Geoffrey Roper
Islamic Bibliography Unit
Cambridge University Library
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