Tag Archives: Manuscripts
Katalogisierung der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland
Databases of the KOHD project accessible online
The Union Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in German (KOHD) is a research project of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.
Since 1957 it has made it its mission to make the extensive collections of … Read more
Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science starts the “Islamic Scientific Manuscript Initiative” (ISMI).
The mission of the Initiative (ISMI) is to make accessible information on all Islamic manuscripts in the exact sciences (astronomy, mathematics, optics, … Read more
Manuscripts East and West – Towards Comparative and General Codicology
The Center for the Studies of Manuscripts at Hamburg University is hosting a conference on ‘Manuscripts East and West – Towards Comparative and General Codicology‘ from 17-19 October 2017. You can find the full programme here.… Read more
Dots, Marginalia and Peritexts in Middle Eastern Manuscripts Workshop
The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton is hosting a workshop on ‘Dots, Marginalia and Peritexts in Middle Eastern Manuscripts‘ from 11-12 June 2018. The Call for Papers is open until 15 January 2018.
You can find the … Read more
Preserving, studying, and democratizing access to the world heritage of Islamic manuscripts: The Zaydī tradition
The work ‘Preserving, studying, and democratizing access to the world heritage of Islamic manuscripts: The Zaydī tradition‘ by Sabine Schmidtke, originally published in Chroniques du manuscrit au Yémen 23 in January 2017, is now available Open Access on … Read more
The Arabic Manuscript: Codicology, Palaeography, and History
The National Library of Tunisia and the Universtiy of Strasbourg are holding a Summer School on ‘The Arabic Manuscript: Codicology, Palaeography, and History‘ from 10-15 July 2017. Registration is possible until 30 April 2017.… Read more