Serikoff N. Image and Letter: “Pace” in Arabic Script (a Thumb-nail Index as a Tool for a Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts. Principles and Criteria for its Construction) // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 7. No. 4. December 2001. P. 55—66.
“I know it, I have seen this handwriting!” How often a specialist
in medieval manuscripts receives such a reaction
from a colleague while showing him handwriting of unknown
provenance. However, the matter is given little further
attention, since it is usually difficult to recall where the
manuscript was seen, especially if it was seen years before.
Yet finding evidence of a similar hand, perhaps several
years later, does occur. When this happens, it allows two or
more manuscripts to be compared, and this comparison can
lead to the establishment of the provenance of the manuscript
under investigation. the approximate date of its compilation
and sometimes its authorship...
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