Hi there!
*Kitâb Al-Fihrist*
by *Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq Ibn al-Nadīm*
Published *1872 AD*
https://archive.org/details/KitabAlFihrist
"A very important source for the history of Arabic and Arabic literature.
It also contains a great deal of information about Syriac and Syriac
translations into Arabic as well as those who did the translating." (Ed.
Gustav Flugel, 2 vols. Leipzig, 1871-1872)
Found this book while studying the history of Hindu-Arabic numerals and
found some interesting features in the book in terms of layout. Regarding
the content, it's in Arabic and comes with German notes, none of which I'm
familiar enough. But here are a few parts I found interesting:
Throughout the book, emphasis is done by overline, in both titles and
in-sentence.
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Therefore Sign used as list separator.
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Also comes with nice justification (by elongation and word-spacing).
And, listing LAM+ALEF "ligature" as a "letter" of the script. [p358]
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You may be able to find even more interesting information there; if so, I'd
love to hear about it.
-Behnam
