How to use Brockelmann's Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur
The Journal of the Middle East Librarians Association provides a "Guide to Using Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur" in their 1974 MELA Notes 3.
As a further supplementary aid, I have visually rendered much of the information regarding the layout of the GAS provided by the guide into a chart, which may be downloaded as PDF here.
I will soon update the PDF to include a second page with a list of the abbreviations provided by Brockelmann (currently, the PDF just gives the page numbers provided by Richard Cooper, the author of the MELA notes above). Arranged in booklet form, the PDF may then be printed, folded in half, and used as a quick key to the GAS.
As a further supplementary aid, I have visually rendered much of the information regarding the layout of the GAS provided by the guide into a chart, which may be downloaded as PDF here.
I will soon update the PDF to include a second page with a list of the abbreviations provided by Brockelmann (currently, the PDF just gives the page numbers provided by Richard Cooper, the author of the MELA notes above). Arranged in booklet form, the PDF may then be printed, folded in half, and used as a quick key to the GAS.