جماعو الكتب في الحضارة العربية الإسلامية : دراسة تاريخية إحصائية من القرن الثالث حتى القرن العاشر الهجري

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Book collectors in the Arab-Islamic civilization Historical and statistical study from the third century until the tenth century AH Islam is the religion of book, including the book par excellence, the Quran.

Interest in books developed through reading, and dissemination.

Books became a visible medium within the first century of Islamic civilization.

Muslims soon came to know the use of paper, calligraphy, illumination, binding, publishing, marketing, lending and collection development, to name a few.

Books became popular through book stores, writers, editors, copyist, translators, and most importantly, libraries.

Libraries began in mosques, then in private homes and palaces.

Public, school, academic and research libraries soon followed.

The sheikhs, scholars and the general public have been interested in buying and collecting books, because the book is the container of knowledge and the only tool for its production and circulation.

This study seeks to monitor the phenomenon of collective books in the Arab-Islamic civilization during the middle ages, to illustrate the keenness of individuals to exert effort and pay money for the collection of books.

The researchers relied on the historical scientific method in collecting information and data from the original and secondary sources that dealt with the collection of books, in addition to descriptive statistical method for data classification and analysis.

The study concluded that scholars, students of science and the general public are keen to study science and the arts by collecting and preserving books in private libraries.

This phenomenon began from the sixth century AH until the eighth century AH.