The new edition of al-Biruni’s ‘Chronology’

The new edition of al-Biruni’s ‘Chronology’: work in progress - François de Blois, UCL Part of the Workshop 'Al-Biruni and his world' on 15 February 2016, organised by the ERC Calendars Project at the Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, UCL. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/research/accordion/erc-workshops/al-biruni-and-his-world This paper gives a general account of the Chronology and its author, and then focuses on the manuscript tradition of the Chronology and the problems that this poses for the work on a new critical edition of the text. To download a diagram of the relationship between the manuscripts click here: https://www.scribd.com/document/324668645/STEMMA-CODICUM. For the handout of the lecture please click here: https://www.scribd.com/document/326376718/The-new-edition-of-al-Biruni-s-Chronology-Handout