Pseudo-Ṯaʿālibī's Book of Youths
Author's Department
Arab & Islamic Civilizations Department
Document Type
Research Article
Publication Title
Arabica
Publication Date
2012
doi
https://doi.org/10.1163/157005812X622885
Abstract
This article presents a critical edition and study of a 17 th /18 th -century poetry collection that had previously been mistaken for al-Ṯaʿālibī's lost Kitāb al-Gilmān. It provides a codicological analysis of Berlin MS Wetzstein II 1786 in which the poetry collection is contained and also explains and corrects long-held misconceptions regarding al-Ṯaʿālibī's connection with the text. Finally, the article situates this poetry collection in the context of Mamluk-and Ottoman-era epigram anthologies and the critical apparatus to the edition demonstrates the key features of intertextuality and popularity that characterised these poetry collections. Cet article présente une édition critique accompagnée d'une étude d'un recueil de poésie des XVII e et XVIII e siècles que l'on avait jusque-là pris pour le Kitāb al-Gilmān, œuvre d'al-Ṯaʿālibī disparue. Nous l'accompagnons d'une analyse codicologique du manuscrit Berlin MS Wetzstein II 1786 — qui contient ledit recueil — et nous expliquons et corrigeons l'attribution erronée de longue date à al-Ṯaʿālibī. Enfin, cette contribution situe la collection poétique aux époques mamelouke puis ottomane qui virent fleurir des anthologies épigrammatiques. L'appareil critique de l'édition fait ressortir les caractéristiques clés de l'intertextualité ainsi que la popularité qui s'attacha à ces collections poétiques.
First Page
599
Last Page
649
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Talib, A.
(2012). Pseudo-Ṯaʿālibī's Book of Youths. Arabica, 59, 599–649.
https://doi.org/10.1163/157005812X622885
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/2330
MLA Citation
Talib, Adam
"Pseudo-Ṯaʿālibī's Book of Youths." Arabica, vol. 59, 2012, pp. 599–649.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/2330