Konrad Hirschler. The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands: A Social and Cultural History of Reading Practices. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013. vi + 234 pages, illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, index. Paper US$40.00. ISBN 978-0-7486-7734-4

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