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Organization of Information
Elizabeth Bolton
Public Libraries of the Abbasid Caliphate
750-1258 CE
in the
Acquisition of ClassificationTranslation of Greek and Persian literature
Iraq, 1224, Arabic translation of
Materia Medica of Dioscorides ("The Pharmacy")
Hallway
Bayt al-Hikma, Abbasid era portion
Baghdad, Iraq
Hallway
Bayt al-Hikma, Abbasid era portion
Baghdad, Iraq
Sardar, Ziauddin. Islam Outline of a Classification Scheme.
Qaisar, Mahmood Hasan. Islamic Sciences: Expansion of the Dewey Decimal Classification.
MODERN RECOMMENDATIONS:
“How often does a Muslim scholar find himself lost in the turns and twists of Western classifications of his culture? A classification scheme that reflects his world-view is long overdue.” -Ziauddin Sardar, Islam: outline of a classification scheme
Acknowledgements, Photographs
Yalman, Suzan. Based on original work by Linda Komaroff. "The Art of the Abbasid Period (750–1258 AD)." In Timeline of Art History. New York: Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2001. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abba/hd_abba.htm. Slides 2, 6.
Nabil al-Tikriti, Iraq Manuscript Collections, Archives, & Libraries: Situation Report. Chicago: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago; MELA Committee on Iraqi Libraries, June 8, 2003. http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LibraryPix/LibraryPix.htm. Slides 5, 8, 9, 12.
State University Library, Leiden, Werner Forman, Art Resource. In Lunde, Paul. Saudi ARAMCO World. “The Leek Green Sea.” http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200504/the.leek-green.sea.htm. Slide 10.
Norman MacDonald. The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta. Aramco Services Company, Public Affairs Digital Image Archive. http://www.photoarchive.saudiaramcoworld.com/default.asp. Slide 4.
Aramco World Magazine. January-February 1989, photo Jeffrey Crespi. Slide 7.
Nabil al-Tikriti, Iraq Manuscript Collections, Archives, & Libraries: Situation Report. Chicago: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago; MELA Committee on Iraqi Libraries, June 8, 2003. http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LibraryPix/LibraryPix.htm. Slides 5, 8, 9, 12.