Edited by Clelia Sarnelli Cerqua, this second volume is part of a two-volume collection of essays honouring Roberto Rubinacci on his seventieth birthday. Located within Arabic and Islamic studies, the work brings together scholarly contributions on the history, languages and cultures of Arab and Islamic societies. Its format is that of a Festschrift, with independent studies rather than a continuous argument. Topics represented in the second volume include the early history of Arab peoples, the Nabataeans and the history of scholarship on Arabic geographical texts. Published in Naples by the Istituto Universitario Orientale, the collection documents varied methods and interests within Oriental studies during the 1980s.
Author:Clelia Sarnelli Cerqua (editor); various contributors