Biblioteca de al-Andalus

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Biblioteca de al-Andalus is a standard encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Al-Andalus studies. It embraces articles on various aspects of cultural life in Al-Andalus, through the biographies of around 2400 authors and a detailed study of over 10000 texts, focused on different fields of knowledge (literature, Islamic Law, the Quran, linguistics, history, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, etc.). [1] It is the first reference work published by the Fundación Ibn Tufayl de Estudios Árabes within the Al-Andalus Culture Encyclopaedia project.

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References

  1. "Biblioteca de al-Andalus". Fundación Ibn Tufayl de Estudios Árabes. Retrieved 8 June 2010.