Lost archive, the: traces of a caliphate in a cairo synagogue
Auteur :
Rustow, Marina
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691156477
Date de publication :
14 janv. 2020
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
1701 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentation The lost archive of the Fatimid caliphate (909-1171) survived in an unexpected place: the storage room, or geniza, of a synagogue in Cairo, recycled as scrap paper and deposited there by medieval Jews. Marina Rustow tells the story of this extraordinary find, inviting u