Adam Gacek

Faculty Lecturer, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University Montreal. Education Postgraduate Diploma in Librarianship, Polytechnic of North London (currently University of North London), 1977 MA, Oriental Philology, University of Krakow (Cracow), 1973 Teaching and research interests Arabic Manuscript Tradition; Arabic book culture; transmission of knowledge; palaeography and codicology Representative publications The Arabic manuscript tradition: a glossary of technical terms and bibliography - supplement. Leiden/Boston, E.J. Brill, 2008. Persian manuscripts in the libraries of McGill University: brief union catalogue. Montreal, McGill …