A very numerous group among the texts included in early
prints is represented by prefaces. Usually, participants in
and eyewitnesses of the printing process tell about the emergence of a particular
printing house, mention the details of the work accompanying the publication of
the book (e.g., translation of the text or its revision based on…[Read more]

The article examines the background of the emergence of printing in Arabic script in the Arab world in the context of its development in Western Europe and attempts of its introduction in the Ottoman Empire. The Arabic-speaking Christians of the Ottoman Empire, especially the Orthodox, who, unlike other denominations, had no support in the outside…[Read more]