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A Study on the Islamic Libraries in the Middle Ages

중세 이슬람 도서관 연구

  • 윤희윤 (대구대학교 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2019.08.16
  • Accepted : 2019.09.24
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

Western society has depreciated the Middle Ages as the 'Darkness'. However, if Islam, which led the medieval millennium, had not spread paper and art of papermaking, and Arabic translations to the Western countries, translating and interpreting Arabic manuscripts into Greek and Latin, Gutenberg's printing press, Reformation, and Renaissance could not take place. They were not destructors of ancient knowledge and civilization, but were the protagonists of restoration and resurrection. The base camp is the Mosque and Islamic library(the House of Wisdom), which was referred to as a Muslim community. This study traced Islamic libraries that emerged in the process of establishing the Islamic dynasties and controlling Arabian Peninsula, Africa, Iberian Peninsula. For this purpose, the Islamic library was divided into the caliph library led by the royal families, the public library attached to the mosques, and the private library established by the viziers and scholars, etc. Then, the researcher analyzed history and development, roles and functions, impact and Importance on human civilization, and stagnation and decline, focusing on major libraries that existed in the Islamic cities of Damascus, Mecca, Baghdad, Aleppo, Cordoba, Cairo, Fes, Tunis, etc.

서양사회는 중세를 '암흑시대'로 폄하해 왔다. 그러나 중세 천년을 주도한 이슬람이 종이와 제지술, 아랍 번역본을 서양에 전파하지 않았다면 희랍 라틴어 번역과 전수, 구텐베르크 인쇄술, 종교개혁, 르네상스는 태동할 수 없었다. 그들은 고대 지식문명 파괴자가 아니라 복원과 부활의 주역이었다. 그 거점이 무슬림 공동체로 회자되는 모스크와 이슬람 도서관(지혜의 집)이다. 이에 본 연구는 중세 이슬람 왕조의 성립과 아라비아 반도, 아프리카, 이베리아 반도를 지배하는 과정에서 등장한 이슬람 도서관을 추적했다. 이를 위하여 왕실이 주도한 칼리프 도서관, 모스크에 병설된 공공도서관, 재상과 학자 등이 설립한 개인도서관으로 대별한 후 중세 이슬람 도시인 다마스쿠스, 메카, 바그다드, 알레포, 코르도바, 카이로, 페스, 튀니스 등의 주요 도서관 흔적을 중심으로 역사와 발전, 역할과 기능, 인류문명에 미친 영향과 중요성, 침체와 쇠퇴 등을 분석했다.

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