About the collection and the institute
The Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg is a world centre for preserving humanity’s heritage. The institute holds a huge collection of thousands of rare Arabic manuscripts covering history, literature and the sciences.
These catalogues reflect the great scholarly effort devoted to indexing these collections, above all the work of the orientalist “Khalidov” and the institute’s exploratory expeditions. They also bring out the venerable historic architecture of the institute on the banks of the Neva, where architecture meets knowledge.
Details of the update
We made intensive efforts to convert the data of these Arabic manuscripts into a searchable digital form. The number of records added for Arabic titles has reached about 11,000, now available to researchers.
How to search
- Choose the country: “Russia” 🇷🇺
- Or type “معهد المخطوطات الشرقية” (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts) in the library field, for Researcher-plan subscribers.
Note and verification
Converting, organising and recording this catalogue was not easy, and some errors are very likely. We rely on researchers’ participation through the “Report an error” tool to correct these records and keep improving them.
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