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Robert G. Hoyland
223 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780906094525
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust
Publication date: Not specified
Description
One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, howev...
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Robert G. Hoyland
223 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780906094525
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust
Publication date: Not specified
Description
One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, howev...