Die Schriftenreihe veroffentlicht Monographien und Aufsatzsammlungen aus allen Bereichen der historischen Hilfswissenschaften des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit, sofern sie von allgemeinem Interesse und methodisch innovativ sind. Sie tragt damit den neuen Fragestellungen und Methoden Rechnung, die in den letzten Jahren zu einer kultur- und sozialgeschichtlich orientierten Wiederbelebung von Fachern gefuhrt haben, die seit dem 17. Jahrhundert als 'Werkzeug des Historikers' gelten. Durch ihre Verbindung mit dem 1894 begrundeten Marburger Institut fur Historische Hilfswissenschaften und Archivwissenschaft und dem seit 1929 bestehenden 'Lichtbildarchiv alterer Originalurkunden bis 1250' ist sie in einem der Zentren hilfswissenschaftlicher Forschung in Deutschland verankert

The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.

In recent years, a growing interest in “oriental manuscripts” in all their aspects, including the extrinsic ones, has been observed. Research that focuses on holograph, autograph and authorial manuscripts in Arabic handwritten script has nevertheless been casual, although these manuscripts raise important and varied questions. The study of the working methods of authors from the past informs different disciplines: paleography, codicology, textual criticism, ecdotics, linguistics and intellectual history. In this volume nine contributions and case studies are gathered that address theoretical issues and convey different, disruptive perspectives. A particularly important subject of this book, so far rarely discussed in scientific literature, is the identification of an author’s handwriting. Among the authors specifically dealt with in this volume one will find: al-Maqrīzī (m. 845/1442), al-Nuwayrī (m. 733/1333), Akmal al-Dīn b. Mufliḥ (m. 1011/1603), al-ʿAynī (m. 855/1451) and Ibn Khaldūn (m. 808/1406). Contributors: Frédéric Bauden, Julien Dufour, Élise Franssen, Adam Gacek, Retsu Hashizume, Marie-Hélène Marganne, Elias Muhanna, Nobutaka Nakamachi, Anne Regourd, and Kristina Richardson.

Annually published since 1930, the International bibliography of Historical Sciences (IBOHS) is an international bibliography of the most important historical monographs and periodical articles published throughout the world, which deal with history from the earliest to the most recent times. The works are arranged systematically according to period, region or historical discipline, and within this classification alphabetically. The bibliography contains a geographical index and indexes of persons and authors.