Naslovi djela u arabičkim rukopisima i njihova interpretacija u literaturi
Titles in Arabical Manuscripts and the Interpretation of the Titles in the Literature

Summary/Abstract: The research of the manuscripts material requires to be interdisciplinary, because of the specific conditions of their origin, heterogenousity of the text, the languages and the subject matter, and many other phenomena typical for the manuscripts. Systematic research of aU the manuscript constituents can be possible only throuhg the selection and systematization, and after that through individual examination of the related phenomena. In that sense, the present paper deals with the titles of the works in the Arabical manuscripts, and their interpretations in the literature, all that with function of the identification of the work. The paper begins with the explanation of the terms, and the essence of the concepts manuscript and work, as a basic step in archeography, as well as in any other scientific and professional treatment of this material. The experience shows us that one work can have few titles, that different works can have the same title, and also that some works do not have the explicit title at all, and that's why we have to be very cautious during the Identification, in order not to cause confusions or misinterpretations. This is especially related to the titles given according to the form of the work, its content or subject matter of the text. Because of that, in determination of the reliability of the title and establishing of, fairly well, incontestable criteria, it is important to define: the nature of the work; did the title become the work's determinent - in what scope and at the base of what; the stages in the origin of the work, and who gave the title to it. According to the elements mentioned, the present paper operates with: work-titles, which were given by the authors, final titles, also given by the authors and use-titles, which were given, apart from the author, very often by the transcribers, owners and users of the manuscript books. All of them have multiplied the title variants incorporating in them their own comprehensions of the work and the author or expressing their own opinions about them. The titles in Arabical manuscripts can be found. apart from the usual places like: introductory part.- dibaca, final part- hatima and colophone, also in the notes outside the text. According to the manuscripts at which this examination is based, it is noticable that the titles were writen in marginal notes mainly by the transcribers, the owners and the users of the manuscripts. The transcribers wrote their notes also at the page where the text began, and rarely at the flyleaf before the beginning of the text while the owners and the users of the manuscripts wrote their notes as a rule, at the flyleaf. It is evident tbat tbe titles. were also written at the fore edge and the spine ofthe manuscript as well as at tbe separate paper attached to the binding.

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