Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Pollock, James W. (James Wilson), 1922-
- Abstract:
- Consists of the notes, drafts and final manuscript of Nature, Man and God in Medieval Islam: 'Abd Allah Baydawi's text, Tawali' al-anwar min matali' al-anzar, along with Mahmud Isfahani's commentary, Matali' al-anzar, sharh Tawali' al-anwar, edited and translated by Edwin E. Calverley and James W. Pollock (Leiden: Brill, 2002).
- Extent:
- 4 Boxes
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[Item] Pollock mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
James Pollock, translator, whose areas of specialization include Catalan and Spanish literature.
- Scope and Content:
Consists of the notes, drafts and final manuscript of Nature, Man and God in Medieval Islam: 'Abd Allah Baydawi's text, Tawali' al-anwar min matali' al-anzar, along with Mahmud Isfahani's commentary, Matali' al-anzar, sharh Tawali' al-anwar, edited and translated by Edwin E. Calverley and James W. Pollock (Leiden: Brill, 2002). Also present is some correspondence relating to the long term translation project, taken on by James Pollock after Edwin Calverley's death in 1971, as well as some editorial and post publication correspondence, and copies of reviews of the two-volume work.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift. 2007
- Arrangement:
The arrangement of the collection is as Dr. Pollock identified and maintained the materials: Professor Calverley's handwritten notes and draft translation are at the beginning of the collection, followed by several drafts and editings of the complete work concluding with correspondence relating to and reviews of the published work.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Islam--Doctrines.
Philosophy, Islamic.
Literature--translating
Translations--20th century. - Names:
- Pollock, James W. (James Wilson), 1922-
Calverley, Edwin Elliott, 1882-1971.
Bay·d¯aw¯i, 'Abd All¯ah ibn 'Umar, d. 1286? Taw¯ali' al-anw¯ar min ma·t¯ali' al-an·z¯ar. English
I·sfah¯an¯i, Ma·hm¯ud ibn 'Abd al-Ra·hm¯an, 1275 or 6-1348 or 9. Ma·t¯ali' al-an·z¯ar. English
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item] Pollock mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu