The Vendor’s Note. A First Assessment

Boris Liebrenz: “The Vendor’s Note. A First Assessment”, in:  Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 10, 3 (2019), S. 269-291. https://doi.org/10.1163/1878464X-01003001

One form of manuscript notes that has not received any scholarly treatment so far is the vendor’s note. Its common characteristic in place and formulary as well as the limited time during which it was used, broadly between the 7th and 10th century AH, warrant the preliminary assessment of this article. It is hoped that the description, analysis, and edition of a small corpus will make it easier to identify this type of note in the future.