Seminar “Manoscritti, scritture e conoscenze: la trasmissione del sapere nell’Islam medievale”

ITSERR researchers Sara Abram and Ivana Panzeca took part in the training day for students and PhD candidates “Manoscritti, scritture e conoscenze: la trasmissione del sapere nell’Islam medievale”, devoted to the foundations of manuscript culture in the Islamic world.

In her talk entitled “Il codice in caratteri arabi: l’eredità manoscritta nella tradizione islamica”, Ivana Panzeca outlined the main material and structural features of the codex in Arabic script, highlighting the role of manuscripts in the transmission of religious and scientific knowledge.

With the lecture “Le sei scritture: introduzione alla paleografia araba”, Sara Abram offered an introductory overview of the main types of Arabic script used in medieval manuscripts, showing how the different graphic forms reflect distinct contexts, functions and copying practices.