Boris Liebrenz
Biographic Data
| ID | 704966 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boris Liebrenz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boris |
| FAMILY NAME | Liebrenz |
| SIGNATURE | LIEBRENZ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8860-484X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Under the Surface: Non-Invasive Explorations of Hidden Notes in Arabic Manuscripts with Laminated Pages
The Arabic Aristotle in Byzantine Constantinople
The reception of classical Greek authors such as Aristotle into Arabic literature through translations is well known. The presence of Arabic literature in the Byzantine capital is much less attested, nor is it widely expected. Could Aristotle have returned to the center of Greek culture in Arab garb? Who would have been the audience of this translation? Who would have brought it there and for what purpose? A famous manuscript now preserved at the…
Talking Hats: What Documents and Textiles Can Tell Us about Each Other
This article seeks to demonstrate that a believed Seljuq hat from Iran is in fact a Fatimid hat from Egypt. For the first time, it uses an analysis of the paper documents that used to line this once splendid samite piece and asks about the archival logic of their reuse. Beyond this narrow question of origin, the analysis illustrates a methodological challenge for textile historians who often have to operate without additional documentary material…
What’s in a Seal: Identification and Interpretation of ʿAbd al-Bāqī Ibn al-ʿArabī’s (d. 971/1564) Seal and Its Function
It was only during the Ottoman period, beginning in 1517, that seals gained popularity in the Arab world as a means to document people’s interactions with books. Some seals came alone while others accompanied handwritten notes. Some spelled out their purpose clearly through formulations such as “ min kutub ”, “ hāḏā mā waqafa ” or the like; others contained only pious formulae and a name. But even the latter are generally assumed to denote owners…
Writing History in the Medieval Islamic World: The Value of Chronicles as Archives. By Fozia Bora
Writing History in the Medieval Islamic World: The Value of Chronicles as Archives. By Fozia Bora. The Early and Medieval Islamic World. London: I.B. Tauris, 2019. Pp. xviii + 250. $115
Curious Readers: The Bodleian’s Book of Curiosities as a Fatimid View of the World Through Ottoman Eyes
An illustrated cosmographical and geographical manuscript at Oxford’s Bodleian Library, known as the Book of Curiosities , has recently seen a rare confluence of public and scholarly attention. It is widely regarded as one of the outstanding Arabic works of geography, with stylistically idiosyncratic maps and a text that can be traced back to Egypt in the Fatimid period. However, few concrete facts are known about the history of this unique artef…
The History and Provenance of the Unique Dustūr al-munaǧǧimīn Manuscript, BnF Arabe 5968: A Re-assessment
This article offers a re-assessment for the history of a unicum text, the Dustūr al-munaǧǧimīn , preserved in the manuscript Paris, BnF Arabe 5968. Based on a re-reading of the manuscript notes found therein, previous misreadings are corrected and the book’s trajectory is sketched through owners in Damascus, Bursa, and Istanbul. The article offers methodological suggestions for those interested in incorporating manuscript notes into their researc…
An Archive in a Book: Documents and Letters from the Early-Mamluk Period
The nature and place of archives in the premodern Islamicate world is a much debated topic and various explanations are offered for the relative scarcity of preserved material as well as the regional imbalance in the record. One factor that stands out in this discussion is the general prominence of counter-archival practices for the survival of what we are studying today. This contribution is the first to examine one such practice that has led to…
Die Rifāʽīya aus Damaskus: Eine Privatbibliothek im osmanischen Syrien und ihr kulturelles Umfeld
In Die Rifāʽīya spürt Boris Liebrenz der Buchkultur des Osmanischen Syrien (16. - 19. Jahrhundert) durch den Fokus der einzig überlebenden Privatbibliothek der Epoche nach. Er fragt nach der Produktion und Transmission von Wissen sowie dem sozialen Hintergrund der Leserschaft im Zeitalter der Handschrift. Studien der arabischen Bibliotheksgeschichte haben oft nur das Mittelalter in den Blick genommen und basierten fast ausschließlich auf literari…
Écrire en arabe et en copte. Le cas de deux lettres bilingues
Édition, traduction et commentaires de deux lettres bilingues arabo-coptes (P.Ryl.Copt. 379 et P.Cair.Arab. Inv. 1735). Considérations sur l'usage des langues dans l'Égype des IXe-XIe siècles et la transition du copte à l'arabe
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Écrire en arabe et en copte. Le cas de deux lettres bilingues
Édition, traduction et commentaires de deux lettres bilingues arabo-coptes (P.Ryl.Copt. 379 et P.Cair.Arab. Inv. 1735). Considérations sur l'usage des langues dans l'Égype des IXe-XIe siècles et la transition du copte à l'arabe
Die Rifāʽīya aus Damaskus: Eine Privatbibliothek im osmanischen Syrien und ihr kulturelles Umfeld
In Die Rifāʽīya spürt Boris Liebrenz der Buchkultur des Osmanischen Syrien (16. - 19. Jahrhundert) durch den Fokus der einzig überlebenden Privatbibliothek der Epoche nach. Er fragt nach der Produktion und Transmission von Wissen sowie dem sozialen Hintergrund der Leserschaft im Zeitalter der Handschrift. Studien der arabischen Bibliotheksgeschichte haben oft nur das Mittelalter in den Blick genommen und basierten fast ausschließlich auf literari…
The History and Provenance of the Unique Dustūr al-munaǧǧimīn Manuscript, BnF Arabe 5968: A Re-assessment
This article offers a re-assessment for the history of a unicum text, the Dustūr al-munaǧǧimīn , preserved in the manuscript Paris, BnF Arabe 5968. Based on a re-reading of the manuscript notes found therein, previous misreadings are corrected and the book’s trajectory is sketched through owners in Damascus, Bursa, and Istanbul. The article offers methodological suggestions for those interested in incorporating manuscript notes into their researc…
An Archive in a Book: Documents and Letters from the Early-Mamluk Period
The nature and place of archives in the premodern Islamicate world is a much debated topic and various explanations are offered for the relative scarcity of preserved material as well as the regional imbalance in the record. One factor that stands out in this discussion is the general prominence of counter-archival practices for the survival of what we are studying today. This contribution is the first to examine one such practice that has led to…
Curious Readers: The Bodleian’s Book of Curiosities as a Fatimid View of the World Through Ottoman Eyes
An illustrated cosmographical and geographical manuscript at Oxford’s Bodleian Library, known as the Book of Curiosities , has recently seen a rare confluence of public and scholarly attention. It is widely regarded as one of the outstanding Arabic works of geography, with stylistically idiosyncratic maps and a text that can be traced back to Egypt in the Fatimid period. However, few concrete facts are known about the history of this unique artef…
What’s in a Seal: Identification and Interpretation of ʿAbd al-Bāqī Ibn al-ʿArabī’s (d. 971/1564) Seal and Its Function
It was only during the Ottoman period, beginning in 1517, that seals gained popularity in the Arab world as a means to document people’s interactions with books. Some seals came alone while others accompanied handwritten notes. Some spelled out their purpose clearly through formulations such as “ min kutub ”, “ hāḏā mā waqafa ” or the like; others contained only pious formulae and a name. But even the latter are generally assumed to denote owners…
Writing History in the Medieval Islamic World: The Value of Chronicles as Archives. By Fozia Bora
Writing History in the Medieval Islamic World: The Value of Chronicles as Archives. By Fozia Bora. The Early and Medieval Islamic World. London: I.B. Tauris, 2019. Pp. xviii + 250. $115
Talking Hats: What Documents and Textiles Can Tell Us about Each Other
This article seeks to demonstrate that a believed Seljuq hat from Iran is in fact a Fatimid hat from Egypt. For the first time, it uses an analysis of the paper documents that used to line this once splendid samite piece and asks about the archival logic of their reuse. Beyond this narrow question of origin, the analysis illustrates a methodological challenge for textile historians who often have to operate without additional documentary material…
Under the Surface: Non-Invasive Explorations of Hidden Notes in Arabic Manuscripts with Laminated Pages
The Arabic Aristotle in Byzantine Constantinople
The reception of classical Greek authors such as Aristotle into Arabic literature through translations is well known. The presence of Arabic literature in the Byzantine capital is much less attested, nor is it widely expected. Could Aristotle have returned to the center of Greek culture in Arab garb? Who would have been the audience of this translation? Who would have brought it there and for what purpose? A famous manuscript now preserved at the…
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