tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880202317884610250.post1278423708052202990..comments2023-12-26T10:07:16.347+04:00Comments on abu dervish: Ancient Manuscript Review 128 : Antique Islamic Papyrus Manuscript Prayer ( 10th Century CE )abu dervishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691257886182670929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880202317884610250.post-39407313761582786672014-03-09T22:28:03.917+04:002014-03-09T22:28:03.917+04:00Hi Kristina, Thanks for stopping by and greatly ap...Hi Kristina, Thanks for stopping by and greatly appreciated your input. I glanced through the article you mentioned. However I am not convinced that this is similar to the folded mercantilee Egyptian letter. The fragment I have here were like cone shape fragments that were stitched together to form a circular shape document. Then I believed they were folded like an umbrella and then secured with a rope.Really I dont have any idea as the specimens here are fragmentary. Take a look of similar item in entry 129. Some fragments are pretty intact stitched to each other. Let me know what you think? Thanks<br />http://abudervish.blogspot.ae/2014/03/ancient-manuscript-review-129-antique.html<br />abu dervishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691257886182670929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880202317884610250.post-35210342565793572742014-03-09T15:13:34.737+04:002014-03-09T15:13:34.737+04:00For information about a 13th-c. mercantilee Egypti...For information about a 13th-c. mercantilee Egyptian letter folded into an equilateral triangle, then folded again. The relevant pages of her article are Anne Regourd, "Folding of a Paper Document from Quseir al-Qadim: A Method of Archiving?", _Al-'Usur al-wuta_ 20 (2008): 13-16. She argued that the folding meant that the letter/contract was invalidated. Tamar El-Leithy talks about this in his recent "Living Documents, Dying Archives: Towards a Historical Anthropology of Medieval Arabic Archives," _Al-Qantara_ 32.2 (2011): 389-434. I can email you this last article. ... Anyway, I will examine the pictures you've uploaded of the document and let you know if I can decipher any of it.Kristina Richardsonhttp://qcpages.qc.edu/~krichardsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880202317884610250.post-30473179747653340192014-03-09T15:12:34.310+04:002014-03-09T15:12:34.310+04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006357680072315223noreply@blogger.com