[en] Our knowledge of the paper used by the Mamluk chancery is entirely based on the description provided by al-Qalqashandî in his Ṣubḥ al-aʿshā. Starting with Karabacek’s Das arabische Papier (1887), various scholars have tried to figure out what the size of the sheets described by the Mamluk author could have been. No one realized that Karabacek’s calculations were based on a wrong reckoning. In the present paper, I propose to revisit this issue not only thanks to the correct calculation, but also by considering the documents themselves.
Research center :
Transitions - Transitions (Département de recherches sur le Moyen Âge tardif & la première Modernité) - ULiège
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
Bauden, Frédéric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Langue arabe et études islamiques - Histoire de l'art musulman
Language :
English
Title :
Mamluk chancery documents and their paper
Publication date :
21 June 2023
Event name :
State Documents Colloquium
Event place :
Oxford, United Kingdom
Event date :
21-22 juin 2023
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Name of the research project :
DiplomatiCon
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
