Lessons

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  Arabic before print: dots, vowels and hamzas

  Lesson 2 Thanks to the endeavours of early Arabic grammarians, the written Arabic language was larg...

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  Perfect compilation (Coptic)

  Lesson 5 Many skills were needed to make a book of exceptional quality. The parchment or paper had ...

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  Authenticity and the Shāhnāma (Persian)

  Lesson 18 The Shāhnāma or Book of Kings by Manṣūr Abū al-Qāsim Firdawsī Ṭūsī narrates the legendary ...