The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue - Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World - Marina Rustow - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691156477 - January 14, 2020
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The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue - Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World

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A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentationThe 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

616 pages, 83 color + 17 b/w illus. 4 maps. 4c throughout

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 14, 2020
ISBN13 9780691156477
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 624
Dimensions 174 × 261 × 39 mm   ·   1.69 kg
Language English  

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