The Tagdemt Manuscripts. Treasures of the Cabinet of Books. Château de Chantilly.
Invenit - Château de Chantilly (Institut de France)| N° d'inventaire | 25659 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 112 p., illustrated, booklet with flaps. |
| Publication | Lille, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782376800804 |
In the Cabinet des livres, the extraordinary library housed in the Château de Chantilly, a treasure of 19th century Arab-Muslim culture has been sleeping for a century and a half. century: a collection of 38 manuscripts in Arabic script that belonged to Abd el-Kader (1808-1883), a man of resistance, conciliation, and dialogue whose life and work reflect the complexity of relations between the West and Islam. Coming from the Tagdemt library and intercepted by the Duke of Aumale in 1843 during the capture of the Emir's smalah in Taguin, these precious volumes constitute an invaluable source of knowledge on the intellectual life of pre-colonial Algeria. Containing a wealth of knowledge in religious, legal, scientific, literary, and historical matters, they are also the material expression of cultural and social issues of the time.
By partnering with the Institute for Research and History of Texts, the Condé Museum in Chantilly is undertaking to reveal the keys to this unsuspected collection in a book.
In the Cabinet des livres, the extraordinary library housed in the Château de Chantilly, a treasure of 19th century Arab-Muslim culture has been sleeping for a century and a half. century: a collection of 38 manuscripts in Arabic script that belonged to Abd el-Kader (1808-1883), a man of resistance, conciliation, and dialogue whose life and work reflect the complexity of relations between the West and Islam. Coming from the Tagdemt library and intercepted by the Duke of Aumale in 1843 during the capture of the Emir's smalah in Taguin, these precious volumes constitute an invaluable source of knowledge on the intellectual life of pre-colonial Algeria. Containing a wealth of knowledge in religious, legal, scientific, literary, and historical matters, they are also the material expression of cultural and social issues of the time.
By partnering with the Institute for Research and History of Texts, the Condé Museum in Chantilly is undertaking to reveal the keys to this unsuspected collection in a book.