Academia Scientiarum Fennica

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Preface . . 5
1. Introduction . . 9
1.1. The Gyldenstolpe Family . . 11
1.2. Latin Letters of the Gyldenstolpe Brothers . . 23
1.2.1. Language and Epistolary Style . . 25
1.2.2. Structure, Epistolary Topics and Conventional Elements . . 45
1.2.3. Handwriting . . 56
1.2.4. Brief Outline of the Major Themes in the Letters . . 62
1.3. Editorial Principles . . 63
1.4. Chronology . . 66
1.5. List of Edited Letters . . 68
2. Texts . . 73
3. Notes and Comments . . 363
Glossary . . 433
Bibliography . . 436
Index nominum . . 445
Index rerum et verborum . . 454

Preface . . 5
List of Illustrations . . 10
Contributors . . 12

Moshe Gammer Memorial Essay
Why Daghestan is Good to Think: Moshe Gammer, Daghestan, and Global Islamic History . . 17

I. Pre- and Non-Islamic Written Cultures
1. On the History of Writing in Caucasian Albania . . 41
2. Epigraphic Sources on the Jews of the Eastern Caucasus . . 55

II. Written Culture in Local Languages
3. The Genesis of Arabic Script for Daghestani Languages . . 69
4. Studying the Literary Culture in the Languages of the Peoples of Daghestan: Problems and Perspectives . . 75
5. Six Unpublished Works in the Archi, Arabic and Avar languages . . 81

III. Arabic Written Culture
6. Manuscripts by 'Abd al-Rahman Jami in Daghestan . . 123
7. Inscriptions on Manuscript Margins . . 129
8. Hasan al-Alqadari's Book Collection: A Thematic Survey . . 137
9. Jaridat Daghistan as a Record of the Written Culture of Daghestan . . 151
10. The Arabic Lithographic Books in Daghestan . . 175

IV. The Study of Arabic Written Culture
11. Ignatii Krachkovskii and "Caucasological Arabistics" . . 185
12. The Manuscript Collections in Daghestan . . 201