Abstract
In today's Muslim world, apprenticeship is often associated with religious schools, where pupils are taught writing, grammar and Quranic recitation. We also know from medieval treatises the curriculum of the elite kuttâb (or secretaries), who worked at the court of caliphs or governors. But what about elementary learning in the Middle Ages? Arabic papyri, which have never attracted the attention of scholars, provide fundamental information on this reality, which I shall present in my talk.
