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TEXTS AAID MAI{USCNPTS: DESCRIPTION A]{D RESEARCH

O. Akimushkin. The Sources of "The Treatise on Calligraphers and Painters" by Qá7I Ahmad QumI .NI. Vorob;"ova-Desyatovskaya. An Unique Manuscript of the "KàSyapaparivarta-sttra" in the Manuscript

Collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy ofSciences.

I. Petrosyan. On Three Turkish Manuscripts from the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of OrientalStudies Collection. The Problem of Authorship

A. Alikberov & E. Rezvan. Ibn AbÍ Khazzàm and his "Kitáb al-makhzun": The Mamllk Military ManualE.TJ'omkin. Unique Sanskrit Fragments of the "S[tra of Golden Light" in the manuscript collection

St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies. Russian Academv of Sciences

TO THE HISTORY OF ORIENTAL TEXTOLOGY,

E.Kvchanov. Wen-hai Bao-y'Lrn: the Book and its Fate

P RE SENTING TH E CO LLECTIONS

M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. Tibetan Manuscripts of the S-llth centuries A. D. in the ManuscriptCollection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies .

Tsuguhito Takeuchi. Kh. Tib. (Kozlov 4): Contracts for the Borrorving of Barley .

O RI E NTA L MANU SC RI P T. S AI{ D I,{ EW I N FO RMATI O N TE C H NO LO GI E S

Val. Polosin & f'. Rezvan. Asiatic Museum Proiect: 1. Data-Base on Muslim Seals

P RE SENT ING TH E MANU SC RI PT

A. Alikberov & E. Rezvan. 'Adjà'Íb al-Ma!$nqàt by Zakafiyà' al-Qazwinr- (d. 68211283): 16th-centuryIllumrnated Manuscript from the St. Petersburg Academlc Collection .

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Russian ̂{cademy- of Sciences (see p, 56).

Front cover:

Fol, 34a. The ArChangêl llzraril, i6a,x,l24 fnfn , :: ''"

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Plate l. Fol, l3b, The Planet Venus, 225x145 mm.Plate 2. Fol. 35bi The Angeh of:the,second HeáÍen; rl?1 " 94 rrqn.


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T-EXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS.. DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH . . i

E. Kvchanov. Unique Tangut Manuscripts on Moral and Ethical Regulations in the Tangut Sociery :E. Tyomkin. Fragments of the "Saddharmapundarika-s[tra" in the I. P. Lavrov manuscript collection

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O. Akimushkin. Textological Studies and the "Critical Text" Problem ll

PRISENTING THE COLLECTIONS ] ,

M. Vorobl'ova-Desyatovskal'a. The S. E. Malov Collection of Manuscripts in the St. Petersburg Branch of theInstitute of Oriental Studies.

ORIEIITAL MAIVUSCruPTS AIVD NEW IÀ{FO&MATIOI{ TECHIVOLOGIES r(

IC Lagally. Using TEX as a Tool in the Editing of Multi-Lingual Sources Jí)

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F r o n t c o v e r :

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Plate t. Fol. g3b lskender Slaying a Dragon, 10.7x l3 2 cmPlaté 2, tr'ol: 140b. The Poet Almédi(?),10.7 X 14.3 cmPlate 3. lót. z+gt. The Religioiis oisprite in the ?resence of Sulran orkhan, 10.7 v I4.7 cm.Plate 4. Fol. 254a. The Murder of Sultan Murad I, 10.7 x 14.3 cn,.



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TEXTS AND MANTJSCNPTS. DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH

L. Menshikov. A Fragment of an Unknown Leishu from Tunhuang .T. Sultanov. The Structure of Islamic History Book (The Method of Anal,vsis) .

7-O T'HE HISTORY OF'OruENTAL TEXTOLOGY

K. Kepping. The Offrcial Name of the Tangut Empire as Reflected in the Native Tangut Texts

PRESEI{TII,IG THE COLLECTIONS. .

T. Pang. Rare Manchu Manuscripts from the Collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of tlie Institute ofOrrental Studies. Russian Academv of Sciences

ORIENTAL MAI{USCR]PTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESCorrespondence Round table: Arahic,lFarsi OCR . . i-

A. Matveev. Sakhr Bilingual OCR (Al-Qari' al-Ali). A User's Initial lmpressions i\J. Bell &P. 7*manek. Test of Trvo Arabic OCR Proerams a:P. Roochnik. Itisalat OCR Discussion

P RE S E NT I I{G T'H E MANL. SC. RI PT

O. Akimushkin. ivluraqqa'. Album of the Indian and Persian Miniatures of the l6-l8th Centuries and theModels of the Persian Calligraphy of the Same Period

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Fol. l7a. Porrrartof a Man by Ridá-yi 'Abbàsr, 11.8x8.2 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate l. Fol. l6a. Portrait of ïtmfir Klan Ttrrkrnán by $adiqi beg Atshár. 19.3 x l l.ó cm.Plate 2. Fol. 36a. The Darvishes Picnic in the Mountains. Probably Isfahan school, 25.5x 14.5 cm.Plate 3. Fol. 6a. The Shaykh and the Harlot by Muhanmaa ynsuf Musawir, 1S i x 1l;3 cm.Plate 4. Fol. la, Portrait of Mtrzá Jalàlà by 'AlI

QulI beg Jabbàdàr, 16.0 X 9.1 cm.

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TEXTS AND MANUSCNPTS.. DESCMPTION A]VD RESEARCH

Valery Polosin. Frontispieces on Scale Canvas in Arabic Manuscripts .F. Abdullayeva. Some Linguistic Peculiarit ies of the Lahore Tqfsír,Its Date and Prorenance

TO THE HISTORY OF OMENTAL TEXTOLOGY . . 2s

T. Sultanov. Medieval Historiography in Manuscripts from East Turkestan. 25

PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS

V. Goreglyad. The Oldest Russian Collection of Japanese Manuscripts and Wood-Block Prints 3 IA. Trotsevich. A Description of Korean Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the Oriental Faculty of the

St. Petersburs Universitv 44

OMEI{TAL MAI,{USCNPTS Al{D IVEW II\TFORMATIOI,{ TECHNOLOGIES. 4s

N. Vorobyov-Desyatovsky. The St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies and the IntemationalDunhuang Project 49

V. Uspensky. Two Years of Cataloguing of the Tibetan Collection in the St, Petersburg Branch of the lnstituteof Oriental Studies: Some Problems and Perspectives. 51

PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT .

V. Uspensky. The lllustrated Manuscript of the Fifth Dalai Lama's "Secret Visionary Autobiography"Preserved in the St. Petersburs Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies

BOOK REVIETï/

MonuscripÍs Orientalia in 1995, vol. l, Nos. l-3 (the list of contríbutions)

C o I o u r p I a t e s: The Seuet Visionary Áatobiogrrprty of the Fifth Dalai Lama (see pp. 5a-65).

F r o n t c o v c r :

The cakrafor the separation of the guardian deities from the person they are protectmg.A separate folio, 55 x 20 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate 1. CaÍíras for summoning spirits of foes and for warding off evil spirits, as well as the articles usedto perform the ritual for propitiating of the goddess lHa-mo. A separate folio, 55 x 20 cm.

Plate 2. T\e cakra for the suppression of the dam-srl spirits. A separate folio, 55 x 30 cm.Plate 3. CakrctE for calming illnesses and acquiring wealth, end the articles used to perform the conesponding

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V' Livshits. Sogdian Buddhist Fragment KR IV/879 No. 4263 from the Manuscript Collection of theSt. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental studies

Valery Pofosin. Muslim Bindings with al-Khalidiyaní Double Borders

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E. Tyomkin. On the Term ltihasa and the Problem of the Structure of the Mqhabharata Text .

P RESENTING THE C OLLECTI ONS

O. Vasilyeva. Oriental Manuscripts in the National Library of RussiaO. Frolova. Some Notes on the Arabic Manuscripts and Collections in the Library of the Oriental Faculty of

the St. Petersburg UniversityA. Sazykin. The Collection of Mongolian Manuscripts and Xylographs in the Ethnological Museum of the

Republic of Tuva in Kyzyl

ORIENTAL MANUSCNPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHI{OLOGIES. . . .

H. Braam, M. Vandamme. A Robust and Versatile Solution for the Digital Publication of ManuscriptMaterials

PRESE]{TING THE MANUSCKIPT

A. Khalidov. A Unique 14th Century Literary Anthology Manuscript from Baghdad.A. Sazykin. Illustrated Manuscript of "One Hundred Thousand Verses" in the Mongolian Fund of the

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B a c k c o v e r :

Plate l. The inside of the back cover (from left to right): l. Esru-a (Skt. Brahmá, Tib. Tshangs-pa); 2. Bigar(Skt. Siva, Tib. ?): 3. Qormusra (skr. Indra, Tib. brGya-byin), "The Great yum", MS, vol. 5(call number K24),52.0 X 15.5 cm.

Plate2.The insi{e of the íont cover (on the left): Inggida (Skt. Arïgaja, Tib. Yan-lag-'byung); (on the right)Bagula (Skt. Bakula, Tib. Ba-ku-la), "The Great Yum", MS, vol. 4 (call numbei l<Z+1, SS.O x 15.5 cá.-

Plate 3. The inside of the back cover (from left to right): l. Qayanggiru-a (Skt. Lohakhadga Hayagn-va, Tib. Rta-mgrin lcags-ral-can); 2. Beiji Maq-a-kala (Skt. Aghora Mah-akála, Tib. Beg+se); 3. Óoynr ókin tngri(Skt. EkamátA ryi D_evj, Tib. Ma-cig dpal-ldan lha-mo), "The Great Yum", MS, vol.4 (callnumber K24),52.0 x 15.5 cm.



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T. Suf tanov. lt lu' i:z ctl-cmsab and Spurious Chingizids[,. Tugusheva. Early Medieval Uighur Records from East Turkestan

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION

A. Matveev. Arabic Sources on Russes and Slavs: Problems of Interpretation of the Text .

P R ESENTII{G THE COLLECTIONS

Yu. Petrosyan. The Collection of Oriental Manuscripts in the St. Petersburs Branch of the Institute of OrientalStudies and its Investisation

A. Kolesnikov. Oriental Documents and Letters of A. P. Bergé in the Archives of the St. Petersburg Branch ofthe Institute of Oriental Studies

ORIEI{TAL MANUSCMPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

E. Rezvan, N. Kondybaev. New Tool for Analysis of Handwritten Script

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M' Nikit ina. The St. Petersburg Collection of Drawings by Korean Artist Kim Jungyn (Kisan)

BOOK RET/IEWS

Cor,ouR pLATES


Kim Jungyn (Kisan), "[Band of musicians] playing", the drawing No. 24 Í]om the album preservedin the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (call numbèr B-35),

China ink and water-colours, the second half of the 19th centurv. 14.0 x 21.5 cm.

B a c k c o y e r :

P l a t e 1' Kim Jungyn (Kisan), "That is how officials (- eunuchs?) in charge of security and palace's tidinesslook like (?)", the drawing No. 37 from the same album, China ink and water-colours,14 .0 X 21 .5 c r r .

P I a t e 2. Kim Jungyn (Kisan), "This is how the officials clad in formal red garments and hats decorated withgold (for a morning audience) look like", the drawing No. 54 from the same album, China ink andwater-colours, 14.0 X 21.5 cm.

P I a t e 3. Kim Jungyn (Kisan), "The uniform of the officiat in charge of the sovereign's safety andresponsible for passing his orders", the drawing No. 28 from the same album, China ink and water-colours, 14.0 x 2 l .5 cm.

P I a t e 4. Kim Jungyn (Kisan), "Officials attached to the sovereign", the drawing No. 35 from the samealbum, China ink and water-colours, 14.0 X 21.5 cm.

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E. Tyomkin. Unknor,vn Sanskrit Fragments from Central AsiaG. Stary. A Manchu Documentfrom 1663 Concerningthe Imperial Palace in Shenyang

TEXT AND ITS CULTUKAL INTERPRETATION

E. Rezvan. The Our'án and Its World: l. The Problern of Reconstructing Ancient Arabian Cosmogonic andAnthropogenetic Lore . 30

PRESENTI]\íG THE COLLECTIONS . . 35

O. Vasilyeva. The National Library of Russia: New Acquisit ions of Oriental Manuscripts in 1992-1996 . 35N. Tumanovich. Persian Folklore Materials in the Manuscript Collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the

Institute of Oriental Studies 48

ORIEAITAL MANUSCRIPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESC orrespondence Round Tahle

E. Rezvan, P. Roochnik. ITISALAT Discussion of CD-ROM Protection/Piracy Problem

PRESEI\TTING THE MANUSCMPT . .

O. Akimushkin. A Manuscript of Yustf wa Zulaykha by Jámi in the Collection of the St. Petersburg Branch ofthe Institute of Oriental Studies

BOOK REVIEWS .

Manuscriptu Orientolia in 1996, vol. 2, Nos. l-4 (the líst of contríbutions) . .

CoT-ouR PLATES

F r o n t c o v e n :

Zulaykha's maidens struck by the beauty of Yusuf, a miniature from the St. Petersburg Branchof the Institute of Oriental Studies manuscript Yusuf wa Zulaykhd

by Jámi (call number B 2325),fol. 102b, 7.7 x'7.8cm (see pp. 62-ag.

B a c k c o v e r :

P I a t e 1. Merchants rescuing Ylsuf on their way to Misr with a caravan, a miniature from the samemanuscript, fol. 6la, 8.2 X 7.8 cm.

Plate 2.Yfsuf shepherding Zulaykhà's flock of sheep, a miniature from the same manuscripÍ, fol.72a,8 .8 x 7 .8 cm.

P I a t e 3. Zulaykhá bringing Yfsuf to her Seventh Palace where he rejects her courting, a miniature from thesame manuscript, fol. 90b, 8.9 x 7.8 cm.

P I a t e 4. Obeying heavenly command Y[suf who marries Zulayldtá after her adopting Islam, a miniature fromthe same manuscript, fol. 132a,7 .7 x 7 .8 cm.

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Bihliography of Books and Articres by Ronarcl Eric Emmerick . compiled by M. Maggi

TEXTS AND MA]{USCRIPTS.. DESCRIPTION AI{D RESEARCH.M' Maggi' Two Reinterpretations in the Khotan ese sucrhandvadana.

X L,::lflïoj:Ii ïrkuy.l:ribetan Eighth_Century Documents on wood from Miran . .;#;ii..ïr'"']''l'TEXT AATD ITS CULTURAL IAITERPRETATI)I,{. , .E' Rezvan' The our'án and Its world: II. The Miracle of the Book (The our,àn and pre-lslamic Literature) .

PRESENTII\TG THE C)LLECTI)NS

T. Pang. Manchu Collections in paris

)MENTAL MÁrvuscUprs ÁND r,{EW INF)RMATIIN TECHAT7L7GTES .val. Polosin, E. Rezvan. To the cD-RoM Edition of the St. petersburg Arabic Bibre

PRESENTII,{G THE MANUSCMPT

A. Kabanoff. On an Anonymous Manus cript Higashi Ezo iko

OMENTAL ICONOGRAPHY.. SEMANTICS .K. Samosyuk. The Guanyin Icon from Khara-KhotoReza T. Ahmadi. Symbolism in persian Rugs .

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F r o n t c o v e r :winding up threads into balls, 17.7 x26.5 cm, T illustration to the anonimous manuscr ipt Higashi Ezo iko,Manuscript fund of the St. Petersburg erun.h ;ithr irrii i"* of oriental Srudies.

Prate 1' rhe Ainu 'ï:*:"'.íi?'r:.:T, ïió;d:; ry :*rylqus manuscri pt Higashi Ezo iko,Manuscript fund of the st. Peters6urg Branch of thelnstitute of oriental studies.Pf ate 2. The weavlng..pro_cess (anush_kal,7.B.;;t;.;;,;'ïlt"rr.uli?n of the anonimous manuscriptHigashi Ezo *o, Manuscript fund óf the st. P;i;;ilrg Ë.un.i, of the Institute of oriental studies.

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Val. \'. Polosin. Arabic Manuscripts: Text Density and its Convertibility in Copies of the Same WorkA. R. Shikhsaidov. A. B. Khalidov. Manuscripts of al-Ghazálïs works in Daghestan.O. F'. Akimushkin. On the Date of al-Sihah al-'Ájamiyya's Composition-A.. Sazl'kin. The Orrat (Kalmyk) Version of the "The Story of Grisii-Lama',

r 9PRESEI\TTING THE COLLECTIOI{S

-tr'. Nlunlinor'. The Fund of Arabographic Manuscripts in the Museum-Trust "Azret-Sultán" in the Ciw of'I'urkestan

ORIEI'ITAL MANUSCRIPTS AND ])IE'14/ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

G' Lezin. K. Bovarsky, E. Kanevsky, A. Popova. Programming of Texts Conceptual Treatment

PRESENTING THE MANT.]SCRIPT

F. Atrdulla,veva. A 'Iurkish

Prose Version of Firdawsls Shàh-natna in the Manuscript Collection of theSt. Petersburg Stare University Library

\-' Goregl-vad. The Manuscript of Kankai [bun in the Collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute ofOriental Studies

BOOK REVIEWS

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F r o n t c o v e r :'A Ship Among the Blocks of lce", a colour drawing from the book 2 of the maauscript Kaa trai Ibunpreserved in the

collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Instittrte of Oriental srudies (C 19li, fol. 14a,14.0 x 20.5 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :"Theate in the Capital of the Russi'l Empir€", a colour drawing from the book I I of the manuscript Ka nkai lbun

preserved in the collection of the St. Pelersburg Branch of the hstitute of Oriental Studies 1b tlt;,fols. I lb**12a,32,5 x 26.5 cm.

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E. Kychanov. "The Altar Record on Confucius' Conciliation", an Unknown Tangut Apocryphal WorkI. Kulganek. Manuscripts and Sound Records of the Mongol-Oirat Heroic Epic "Jangar" in the Archives of

St. Petersburs.

TEXT AND ITS CT]LTURÁL I]{TERPRETATION . .

E. Rezvan. The Our'àn and Its World: III. "Echoings of Universal Harmonies" (Prophetic Revelation,Religious Inspiration, Occult Practice) . .

S. Klyashtorny. About One Khazar Title in Ibn Fadlán ::

PRESENTING THE COLLECTIOI{S . . rj

O. Yastrebova. Reconstruction and Description of Mïrzá Mul'ammad Muqtm's Collection of Manuscripts inthe National Library of Russia l-:

MA]{USCMPTSCOT{SERVATION.. i

M. Blank, N. Stavisky. Conservation of Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of the Jewish TheologicalSeminary of America

ORIENTAL MANUSCNPTS AND

P. Zemanek. Corpus Linguistics and Arabic

NEW INFO RMATION TECHNOLOGIES

PRESENTING THE MAI{USCNPT

L. N. Menshikov. An Album of Illustrations to the Famous Chinese Novels.

BOOK REI4EWS

F r o n t c o Y e r :

"Ni Heng (173-198), a poet in the service of Cao Cao". Illustration No. 31 to the Chinese novel Three Kingdorn:from the Album H*13 preserved in the manuscript collection of the St. Petersburg Branch

of the Institute of Oriental Studies (early l9th century), 15.6 x 19.6 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate 1. "A high-spirited stone, a divine oriole". Illustration No.46 to the Chinese novel Á Dream in the R,.,;Chamber from the same Album, 15.5 x 19.6 crn.

P I a t e 2. "Shi Zrang-yun falling asleep on the stone bench". Illushation No, 58 to the Chinese novel A Dreun:in the Red Chamber from the same Album,15.2x 19.6 cm.

P I a t e 3. "Lin Dai-yu speaking to a parrot". Illushation No. 57 to the Chinese novel Á Dreum in the R,',iChamber from the same Album. 15.5 x 19.5 cm.


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S. Levitt. Sinhalese Painted Wooden BookcoversT. Sultanov. Turkic Versions of the Tiirïkh-i Rashtdt iÍr the Manuscript Coilection of the St. Petersburg Branch

of the Institute of Oriental Studies . . . . .Vladimir Polosin. Two Late Eighteenth-Cennuy Oftoman Fiscal Documents fiom the Manuscript Collection of

the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies


E. Rezvan. The Qur'àn and Its World: IV. "Raise Not Your Voices above the Prophet's Voice" (Sociefv. PowerandEtiquetteNorms) . . . . . .

PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS . .

T. Deryagina, O. Frolova. Antoni Muchliíski and His Collection of Arabic Manuscripts in the St. PetersburgUniversitylibrary . . . . . . .

OKIENTAL MANUSCNPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

M. Carter. The Platonic Edition: Some Consequences of Computer Editing for Text-Based Scholarship inArabic Grammar

P RESENTIATG THE MA],{(ISCNPT

O. Bolshakov. The St. Petersbr.rg Manuscript of the Maqarndl by al-Harrri and Its Place in the History of ArabPainting.

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"AbóZaydand al-Hárith talking". Fragment of a miniature from manuscript C 23 of the Maqdmdt by al-HarÍrïin the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the lnstitutè of Oriental Srudies.

Il lustration to maqdma 50, p, 349, 17,5 x 9.0 cm.

B a c k c o y e r :

"Ab[ Zayd as a teacher in a school at $img". A miniarure from manuscript C 23 of the Maqámdt by al-HarÍnin the collection.of the-St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies.

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N. Tumanovich. An Indian Collection of Persian Folk Tales .A. Sadykhova. A Manuscript of "Tales of Some Lovers of the Past" in the Collection of the Oriental Facultl of

the St. Petersburg University . . .Sh. Iakerson. An Unknown List of Hebrew Books

TEXT AND ITS CULT(IRAL INTERPRETATION. . .

E. Rezvan. The Qur'án and Its World: V. Language, the Unconscious and the "Real World"

PRESEI{TII{G THE COLLECTIONS , .

V. Kushev. The Formation and Study of the Afghan Manuscript Collection in the St. Petersburg Branch of theInstitute of Oriental Studies

OMENTAL MANUSCMPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES. .

J. Gippert. Digitization of Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection

PRESEI{/TII{G THE MANUSCKIPT

A. Mikhaylova. An Illustrated Arabic Manuscript of a Translation of a Seventeenth-Century Greek Chrono-graph .

BOOK REVIEWS,


The portrait of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (r.324137), the founder of the Byzantine Empire.Miniature from a Christian-Arabic manuscript entitled al-Durr al-manzilmfi tdrïkh muluk el-Rilm (C 358)in the collection of the St. Petersburg BranCh of the Institute of Oriental Siudies, fol. 1lb, 11.8 x 9.5 cm.-

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P l a t e l. Portrait of two Roman Emperors - Skuracius (r. 811) and Michael I (r. 811-813). Miniature fromthe same manuscript, fol. 10lb, 11.9 x 7.5 cm.

P I a t e 2. Portrait of the Roman Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886-912). Miniature from the same manuscript,fol . 120a, I L2 x 10.0 cm.

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O' Akimushkin. The Tutr-nanta and the Predecessor of Nakhshabi: on the Question of Indo-lranian CulturalL inks

TEXT A]VD ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATIO]\T

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P RESEI'ITING THE MÁIVUSCMP T

I. Petrosyan' A Turkish Translation of a Cosmographic Work by Ibn al-Wardr and Its Manuscript in theCollection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies .

FAMOUS COLLECTORS,'FÁ CTS AN D A S S E S S ]VIE]VTS

T. Harviainen. Abraham Firkovich and the Karaite Comrnunity in Jerasalern in 1864.

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"One-eyed people fighting with their swan-enemies", Tarjuma-yi Kharïdat at-'aja'ib wct farídat al-ghara,ibli-Ibn al-Iltardr, manuscript B 790 in the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch oithe Institute

of Oriental Studies, fol. I 11b. 6.7 x 6.3 cm.

B a c k c o y e r :

"Muslim mappa mundí", Tarjurna-yi Kharïdat al-'aja'ib wafarídat al-ghara'ib li-lbn al-Wardï,manuscript B 790 in the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute

of Oriental Studies, fols. 2b-3 a, diameter: 21.3 cm.

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E. Kychanov. Tangut Buddhist Books: Customers, Copyists, and EditorsK. Solonin. The Masters of Hongáou in the Tangut State .I. Petrosyan. The Mcwlid-i NabTby Siileymán QelebI and Its Two Versions

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION. .

E. Rezvan. The Qur'án and Its World: VII. Talisman, Shield, and Sword

MANUSC NPTS CONSERT/ATION

N. Brovenko. An Arabic Bible in the Collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of OrientalStudies: the Problems of Restoration.

OMEI'{TAL MAI{TJSCMPTS AI{D I{EW II{FORMATIOI\r TECHI{OLOGIES. . . .

A. Matveev. Visual Arts and Computing. Works of Art as a Source for the History of Warfare: a DatabaseD - n i a n t

PRESENTING THE MANT]SCRIPT

O. Akimushkin. An Entire Library in a Single Binding .

BOOK REVIEWS,


"Zulaylchá recognises in Y[suf, who is led as a slave before the Pharaoh's palace, the youth whom she saw in a dream".Miniature to the poem Yusufwa Zulaykha by NUr al-Dr-n 'Abd al-Rahmán J-amT. Gulshan, manuscript E 12in the collection of the St. Petersbure Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies. fol. 203b. 37.0 x 27.2 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

P I a t e l. "Wedding celebrations of the young ruler of Halab and Gul". Miniature to an untitled poem byMulrammad Kà4m b. Muhammad Ridá, the same manuscript, fol. 116a, 36.8 x 29.0 cm.

P I a t e 2. "YÍsuf, rescued from the well, among the members of the merchant Malik's caravan". Miniature to thepoem Yilsuf wa Zulaykho by N[r al-Dln 'Abd al-Rahmán Jámi, the same manuscript, fol.202a.36.3 x 25.2 cm.

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G.-J.Pinaul t .EconomicandAdminis t rat iveDocuments inTochar ianBfromtheBerezovskyandPetrovskyCollections

M. vorobyova-Desvatov't'uvu, n' rvomki-n' F"c'.tl::"-lYÏgt"Y:i::ïïÏl' on Birch-Bark from rucitl';:tË.

fi.;;;'il6;it;"gÁ"g's Letter or tt" t:-::l'Benedict XIII

;:;;J;'"ï. Àï'u."" i.^, on the Ritual use of Human Skulls

E. Rezvan. The Qur'án and Its world: vIIvl. Contra Legem sqracenorum: the Qur'án in western Europe

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PRESEI{TING THE COLLECTIO]'{S '

I .Ku lganek 'Mongo l i anFo l k lo reMa te r i a l s i n theo r i en ta l i s t sA rch i vea t theS t .Pe te rsbu rgBrancho f theInstitute of Oriental Studies

O N E],{ TAL MAI{ U S C M P T S AI{ D ]{ EW I I{ F O RMAT I O ]'{ T E C H]{ O L O GI E S

V. Jakobson. Computer Assyriology '

PRESENTING THE MAI{USCMPT

vrad. polosin. A Seventeenth-century Manuscript of an Iilustrated Psalter

BOOK REVIEWS.

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P l a t e 3. "resus Christ' the good thief, and th{AllJË r;;r,-i.1111it;In;}ï**t manuscrips fol' e3 a'

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Lives Devoted to Learning 3

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Val. Polosin. "All is Numbers"? An Unknown Numerical Component in the Design of Medieval ArabicManuscripts . 7

O. Scheglova. Lithograph Versions of Persian Manuscripts of tndian Manufacture in the Nineteenth Century 12T. Sultanov. Authors and Authorship in Persian and Turkic Historical Writings 23E, Vasilyeva. The First Persian, French and Russian Editions of the Shoraf-ndma 2j

TEXT AND ITS CULTUML INTEKPRETATION

E. Rezvan. The Qur'án and Its World: VIIll2. West-Óstlichen Divans (the Qur'àn in Russia)

PRESENTING THE MANUSCNPT

A. Khalidov. An Arabic Composite Manuscript of Tales from the Collection of the St. Petersburs Branch of theInstitute of Oriental Studies

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holdings of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, fol. 24 b, z. j x 0.5 cm.

B a c k c o y e r :

P l s t e l. *A hunter {asds with his hunting dog *riaÈ grips in its r€eth e cat ir has dragg€d out its burrov/',miniature ftom the same manuscript, fol. 5b, 8.0x 7.5 sm.

! !a t e ?, ".LdoF lick blood offa wounded rabbit", miniatur€ Êom the same manuscripr, fol. 66a" 7.5 x 7.0 cm.

Plate 3. "Theliondevoursoneofthetwobulls',miniaturefiomthesarncmanuscripifol.5?ai.Oxe.Scm.



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B. Babajanov. Biographies of Makhdiim-i A'7am al-Kêsánï al-Dahb-tdï, Shaykh of the Sixteenth-CenturyNaqshband-rya

S. Prozorov. A Unique Manuscript of a Biographical Dictionary by a Khorezmian AuthorI. Kulganelc A Mongolian Folk Songs Collection in the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental

StudiesM. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark from Bairam-Ali: I. The Vinaya of the

Sarvástivádins

TEN AND ITS CULTURAL

E. Rezvan. The Qur'àn and Its World.

INTERPRETATION

IX. The Triumph of Diversity: Muslim Exegesis

OKIET,{TAL MANUSCKIPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.

E. Rezvan, N. Kondybaev. The ENTRAP Software: Test Results.

PRESENTING THE MANUSCNPT

T. Pang. A Manchu Manuscript on Acupuncture

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Fragment of the drawing demonstrating apupuncture points which should be applied when healing back painand a half-body paralysis. Sabsire sfriha sindaraferguwecukc d/gdr! manuscript B 92mss in the collection

of the St. Petersburg Branch of th€ Institute of Oriental Studies, illusfration 13, fol.42,27.0x46.3 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

Drawing of a male Íigure with acupuncfire points which should be applied when healing child's night cryingand tooth,achci ïho saÍnÊ manusoript ilt0station l, bl. 28i,27,0x46.3 cÍn.

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A. Khismatulin. Krmiya-ya sa'adat by Abrl Hámid Muhammad al-Ghazálï al-T[sï: Some TextualObservations

M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark from Bairam-Ali. LThe Vinayaof the Sarvástivádins: (part 2).

S. Levitt. Sinhalese Painted Wooden Book-Cover Undate

TEXT AND ITS C(ILTURAL INTERPRETATION.

I. Alimov. Song Byi $ f;f Authorial Collections: Preliminary Observations

ORIE]{TAL MANUSCRIPTS AND NEW I/.{FORMATION TECHT{OLOGIES. .

Sh. Soong-Miiller, L. Obi, U. Weigelt. Yao Manuscripts in the Bavarian State Library: the MunichYao Project

M.-G. Guesdon. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the UNESCO's MEDLIB Proiect:a Seminar on Arabic Manuscripts Computerised Cataloguing

PRESENTII{G THE MANUSCRIPT

A. Sazykin. A Mongolian Manuscript Sungdui

BOOK REVIEWS.


The depiction of Náge5vara-ráj4 the "king of ndgas", the central figure in the miniature from the first volumeofthe collection Sungdui. Manuscript K 6 in the collection ofthe St. Petersburg Branch ofthe Instifute of

Oriental Studies, 17th century, Iower cover, 63.0x21.5 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

P I a t e 1. The depiction of bodhisattva MafljuSrÍ, an embodiment of wisdom, on the left and of Prajfiápáramitáas a Yum- "Mother", on the right. Miniature from the second volume of the collection Sungduí,manuscript K 6, upper cover, 63,0 x 21 .5 cm.

P I a t e 2. The depiction of the formidable deify Sri Maqakal4 the central Íïgure, and of Guru Ganbo(Skt. Pafljara Mahákála), on the left and right, the second volume of the collection Sungduí,manuscript K 6. lower cover. 63.0x21.5 cm.



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TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCNPTION AND RESEARCH

J. Musaelian. On the First Kurdish Edition of the Sharaf-namaby Mulla (MelA) Mahmiid BàyazïdÍM. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark from Bairam-Ali: I. The Vinaya

ofthe Sarvastivádins (part 3)M. Hasani. A Unique Manuscript of the Medieval Medical Treatise al-Ikti/à'by Ab[-l-Mutrib 'Abd al-Rahman -Du Weisheng. The Ancient Fengkui t# tË (Stitctred) Books from DunhuanC . :

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION ..

I. Petrosyan. Pre-Islamic Turkic Tradition in the Writings of the Early Ottoman Historiogaphers :

P KESENTII{G THE C OLLECTIOT{S

M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. Sanskit Manuscripts from the N. F. Petrovsky Collection in the St. PetersburgBranch of the Institute of Oriental Studies

MANUSCMPTS COI{SERVATION

N. Brovenko. On Changing the Means of the Berezovsky Collection Storing

OMENTÁL MANUSCKIPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES. .

H. Kaileh. A Feasibility Study for the Digitalisation of Arabic Manuscript Collections in Jerusalem.

PKESENTING THE MANUSCMPT

O. Akimushkin. A Copy of the "Early Díwdn" by Jámi in the Collection of the St. Petersburg Branchof the Institute of Oriental Studies

BOOK REVIEI4/S.

Manuscripta Orientsliu in I999,vol. 5, Nos. I-4 (list of contributions) ,


"The Sultan's repose in nature", miniature from 'Abd al-Rahmán IEÍnÍ's Dïwan, manuscript C 1697 in the collectionof the St, Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, A.DJ486187, fol. 243b, 7.7x7.7 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

"Portrait of some Moghol principal or infllential grandee sjttin_e.rn_g chair (ttrone ?) with a falcon on his righrarm'], miniature fromthe same manuscript, fol. lb, 7.3 x 14.8 cm.

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TEXTS AND MAI,IUSCRIPTS.. DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCHA. Sazykin. Mongolian Hand_Written Books.If ' vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark Íiom gai.am-eli, r.tne rtintay,',aof the Sarvástir,,ádins (part 4)

TEXT AND ITS CULTLIRAL INTERPRETATIONz'Yorozheykina. The eiyà' ctr-qulub on pre-rslamic Beriet! of the eirghiz .

PRESENTING THE COLLECTIOATS . .S. Levitt. Indic and Grearer lndic Manuscripts at the Burke Library

CO]VSERVATION PROBLEMS. .K. Kalinina, E. Shishkova. Some Aspects

Paper f rom Khara Khoto .

o R I E NTA L \L'4NUS c RIp rs AND N E w rhr F o RAr.4 TI o r,/ TE c H \r o L o G I E sV. Jakobson. Assyriological Database (Basic Requrrements)

PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT.E'Rezvan'Yet Another "'Uthmànic

Qur'àn" (on the History of Manuscript E20 1io'i rheSt. petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies) . .

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P I a t e 1. The mazdr in,KatÍa langar (phoio by the author, December, 19991.

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T. Sultanov. A Manuscript of the Tarrkh-i Narshakhï and an Anonymous Remark on the Harmfulnessof Tobacco J

A. Khalidov. AKazan Manuscript of Sibawayhi . 8M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark from Bairam-Ali: l.The Vinaya of

the Sarvàstivadins (part 5) . 10D. Morozov. An Ancient Russian Manuscript on Central Asian Paper ll

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION 20

V. Kushev. A Pashtun Ruler and Literary Figure of the Seventeenth Century on Political Ethics 20

PRESEI,ITING THE COLLECTIONS

Park Songgyu, Ch'oe Tóksu, Chóng Ubong, Hó Sunch'ó1. Collections of Korean Manuscripts, Block-Prints,and Old-Print Books in Russia

CONSERVATION PROBLEMS

E. Mikolaychuk Some Results of an Analysis of Paper from I(hara Khoto (Twelfth - Fourteenth Centuries)

OMENTAL MANUSCRIPTS AND NEW II{FORMATION TECHNOLOGIES. . . ,

A. Matveev. Perceptions of Central Asia in Russian Society: a Database Project.

PKESENTING THE MANUSCNPT

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ln Memoriam of Mulrammad Taqr Dáneshpaá[h. 191 l-1996

BOOK REVIEWS

Front coyer:

Poftrait of the Gcorgian translators of "Ka1i1a and Dimna". king Vakhtang Vl, and of the poet and scholarSaba Sulhan Orbeliani. Manuscript P 2 in the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the lnstifute

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Val. Polosin. The Arabic Bible: Turning Again to an Old ControversyE. Rezvan. On the Dating of an "'Uthmánic

Qur'án" from St. petersburg .M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark from Bairam-Ali:

II. Avadanas andJatakas íPart l)I. Alimov. Song Byl Authoral Collections: "Lofty Judgements by the Palace Gates" by Liu Fu

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E. Tyomkin. Patafljali's Commentary ona Stltra by pánini V, 3.99

K. Yuzbachian. Armenian Manuscripts in St. Fetersburg

CONSERVATION PROBLEMS.

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St. John the Evangelist and his disciple prochorus, "The Four Gospels", manuscript B 45in the collection ofthe St. Petersburg Branch ofthe Institute ofOriental Studies, Shosh (Isfahan),1623,

scribe Steppanos, artist Mesrop Hizantsi, papeq fol. 210b, 11.0X15.0 cm.

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TEXTS A]\TD MAI{USCRIPTS.. DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH

I. Ianbal'. Nerv Data on the Literature and Cultr.rre of the Krimchaks .Sh. Iakerson. Hebrew Incunabula collection in the Library of the Jervish Theological Seminary of

America in New York .M. Vorobl"ova-Des-v-atovska-Ya, E. Tvomkin. A Fragrnent of the Pratimoksa-sfitro from the

P. I. Lavrov Collection at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental StudiesN. Serikoff. ldentiÍying "Acephalous" Manuscripts

TEXT AND ITS CL.LTURAL INTERPRETATION

D. Kimmage. StTru 106 in Tu/.strs. Qur' 'ánic Commentary as a Historical Source

ORIENTAL MAI{USCRIPTS AND NETT. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES .

A. Bazarot', S. Svrtypova, Ol. Rinchinov, H. Garmaeva. The Thor Bu Group of Tibetan Books in theInstitute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies: Creation of a Database

PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT .

T. Pang, G. Stary. On the Discovery of a Printed N,{anchu Text Based on Euclid's "E,lernents"

OUR ARCHIVE . .

V. Germanov. Georgy Nikolaevich Chabrov (1904-1986) ancl His WorksG. Chabrov. On the Study of Central Asian Book-bindine

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"The Holy Family with Attendants", Mu raqqa' (E l4) in the collectionof the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriettal Studies, Lucknow school, mid t 8th century"

fragmcnt of folio 9 1 a, 1 0.0 x 1 3.3 cm. Watercolour, souache.

B a c k c o y e r :

"The Madonna Praying beÍbre the Crusifix" (top left), "The Madonna of St.Luke" (top right)and "lbráhlm ibn Adham and Angcts"(bottom),Muraqqa' (E14) in the collection of thc St. petersburg Branch of

thc Institutc of Oricntal Studies, attributed to Manohar Dás, Mughál school. ca. I 590-1 595, folio 53 a.Sizes: 6.0 x 7.2 cm, 2.8 X 5.8 crn, 121.8 X 19.5 cm. Watercolour, ink and gold on paper.

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Hiroshi Kumamoto. Sino-Hvatanica petersburgensia (par1 I)M. Vorobl'ova-Desyatovskay'a. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark lrorn Bairam-Ali.

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A. Trotsevich. A Brief Remark on Korean Books Research.M. Fomkin. On the Literary Fate of Works by Sultan Veled.I. Zay'tsev. On the History of Book in the J[chid Khánates

PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS .

E. Rezvan. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. I: The eur,án

PRE SENTI I{G THE MA]VLTSCRI PT

o. Akimushkin. A Rare Sevcnteenth-century Hagiography of thc Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Shatkhs

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"Portrait of a princess", Mw'uqqa' X 3 from the St. Petersburg Branch of the Instinrte of oriental Studies.Fabergé collection, fol. 3 I a, 9.5 x 1 6.5 cm. Mogh[l school, mid- I gth cenrur.rr.

watercolour, gouache and gold on paper.

B a c k c o v e r :

Decorative composit ion Í iom elements of the double frontispiece of aQur'ánic manuscript" ïhe same album,fol.29a, dimensions within the outer border 18.0X21.0 cm. presumably Tebriz. l5, l0s l560s.

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V. Kushev. The Dau'n of Pashtun Linguistics: Early Grammatical ancl Lcricoel'atlhical Works ancl TheirManuscripts

N{' Vorobl'ova-Desyatovskava. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark Íiont Bairam-Ali.ll. Ayuctcinu and Jotaka (Part 3) l i

N{. Rezvan. Qur'ánic Fragments from the A. A. Polovtsov Collection at the Sr. petersburg Branch ofthc Institute of Oriental Studies

PRESENTI]{G THE COLLECTIONS

E. Rezvan. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Fabereé.II: Ragamala Miniatures of thc Album (Muraqtla')(Part One)

D. Morozov. Forgotten Oriental Documents

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I. Petrosvan. A Late Copy of the Ghortb-nama by .Àshiq-páshà

A. Khalidov. A Manuscript of an Anthology by al-Ábi.

OMEAITAL ICONOGRAPHY

O. Akimushkin. Arabic-Script Sources on Kamàl al-DTn Behzácl

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"Desvaráti (varári. varádi) Ráginï". watercolour. gouache and gold on prper.Deccan. second half of the I 8th centurv. Alburn (Muraqqa ') X 3 in the Karl Fabergé collection

at the st. Petersburg Branch of thc Instinrte of oriental Stujies, fol. 25 a, 1 1.5 x 17.0 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

"Lalita Ráginr". w'atercolour. gouache and gold on paper. Deccan. second halfofthe 1 8th century.Samc A lbum, fo l .34b. 13 .5x23.0 cm.




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TEXTS A]VD MAI,{USCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AI{D RESEARCH

O. Akimushkin. Ccntral Asian Manuscripts' Bindings ( 1730s - 1930s)

M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskay'a. A Sansklit Manuscript on Birch-Bark Íl'om Bairam-Ali.

ll. At,utlana and Jcltaka (Part 4)

PRESENTING THE COLLECTIO]{S . .

Stephan Levitt. Neu' Manuscripts from the Collection of W. Norman Brown Added to the lndic Manuscript

Collection of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania

E. Rezvan. Orientai Manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. II: Ragantala Miniatures olthe Album (Muraqqu') (Part Tu"o) .

PRESEI'ITING THE MANUSCRIPT

Elisabeth Zack. Ytrsuf al-MaghribT's Egyptran-Arabic Word List. A Unique Manuscript in the St. Petersburg

Statc University Library

ORIE]VTAL MANLTSCRIPTS AI,{D IVEW ]NFORMATIOI{ TECHI{OLOGIES

Hala Kaileh. The Creation ol the Arabic Manuscripts Metadata Base

CO]VSERVATION PROBLEMS . . .

Catherina Koch. The Restoration and Glazing of Turlan Frasments at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Preussi scher Kulturbesitz .

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"Kakubha Rágini", watercolour. gouache, gold and ink on paper.Deccan, second halfofthe 18th century.

Albtntt (;Vuroqqa') X 3 in the Faber-gé collection at the St. Pctcrsburg Branch of the lnstitute of Oriental Studies,Íb l . 20b. 7 .6 x I1 .5 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate l. "Gujari RáginT", watercolour, gouache, gold and ink on papcr. Deccan. second half of the 18th ccntury. Sarr.rc

A lburn . fo l . 21a, 6 .5 x 11 .5 cm.Plate 2. "Gunkáli (Gunkári) RáginT", watercolour, gouache, gold and ink on paper. MugháI. second half of the l 6th

century. Sarne Alburn, ÍbI.24b, 11.5 x l2 cm.Plate 3. "Kakubha Ráginr or Sorath Rágini", watercolour, gouache and gold on paper. Dcccan, second half of thc

lSth century. Same Alburn. fbl.26b, 10.0 x 19.0 cm.Plate ,1. "Ràgini" (unidentifrcd). rvatercolour. gouache and gold on papcr. Deccan. sccond half of the 18th centurr

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-\. Sazl'kin. Thc Message ol'the Threc Sacrcd Mongol Luntas'

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4 \ ' u ( l d l l 0 anclNI. Vorobl'ova-Desyatoyskal'a. A Salrskrit \,{anr.rscript orl Bit 'ch-bark Íl 'om

.Jrltoku (pafl 5 )p. Lurje. Arubosogdíta: Place-naures in Transoxiarna as Written in Arabic Script.

V. polosin. Unknown Nr-rnterical Acsthctics in the Design of Tirl l<isli ManuscttPts

TEXT Á!,ID ITS CLTLTLTRAL II{TERPRETATION

K. Kepping. , l[ i-nitt ( ' fangut) SclÍ:appellation and $glf--portraiture in l(hara Khoto Materiels.

PRESE]VTII,iG THE COLLECTIO,VS .

E. Rezyan. Oricntal Manlscripts of Kall Fabelgc!. l l t: Biographical \\ 'orks and Portrails (l lart i)

O R I E IVTAL MA I{ LI S C R] P T S A !,1 D !,1 ET,II IAi F O R NIA T I O IV TE C H !'I O LO G I E S

N. Serikoff. Image a11d Lettcr: "Facc" in Arabic Script (a Thumb-nail Inder as a Tool Íbr a Catalogue

of Arabic Manuscripts. Principles and criteria tbr its coustnlctlon)

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Vuttuscriptct Orientuliu in'200 l. rol. 7 . Nos. i '1 ( l is t o f cont l ibut ions)


' .Guanr, in" \{o6n in \ \ 'arer". scrol l on si lk ( l iagmcnt). cal l number X 21i9. Khara Khoto. 12th ccnturl ' .

rhe Statc I lernri ta-ec NÍr.tseunt. C'ourtes\ of the State Hcruri tagc N{ttsct l t t . t .

B a c k c o v e r :

platc l . por-trait of Nau'u'áb Mrr Qamar al-DTn Nizánr l l -Mulk isrr l 'Jnh l" uatcrcolout ' . gouachc ancl golt l orr

paper. Hvclelbacl. nt id- l8th cenruln. Alburn (, l . f iuzrqqu ) X 3 in the Fabergc col lcct ion at the

St. pctcrsburg Br-anch of the lnst i tutc of Oriental Studiqi. Íbl . : lb. 15.I x2'+.0 cm. lnnct ' frarl le

d in rens io t rs : l5 . l x2 :1 .0 cm: ou ter Í ia rne d in ' rens ions : 22 .0x10 5 cn lplate 2. portrait ot ' \a\r$'áb Mrr Ahr)lacl Khán Násir Jang" uatercolottr. gottache and gold orl papcr

H l ,c le rabad. 11 t ic1- l8 th cenrury ' . The same A lburn . Íb l .3b . l l .5X l l . - l c t t t . T t r t t c r t i r tu lc d t t l rc - t rs io t r '

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I. Ianbay'. Lctters by Crimcan Noblewomen to SwedcnM. Vorobvova-Desyatovskava. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-bark fiom Barram-Ali. l l . At,oclona and

JAtukl (part 6)V. Livshits. Parthians Joking

PRESENTING THE COLLECTIOAIS

A. Erkinov. Manuscript Collections of the Former Uzbek Academl' of Scicnces Institute of Manuscripts( 1 9 7 8 l e 9 8 )

PRESENTII,IG THE MAI{USCRIPT

E. Rezvan. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. III: Biographical Works and Portraits (part 2) .

OMENTAL MA]VUSCRIPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Th. Milo. Authcntic Arabic: a Case Study. Right-to-leÍ1 Font Structure, Font Design, and Typography

CONSERTATION PROSLEMS

F. Cuisance. Manuscript 2541 aÍ thc Bibliothèque Nationale dc Francc: Chinese Pcll iot Collection (Str.rch anclRestoralion Project)

BOOK REVIEWS


"Mullá Du-Pi-vá2a". rvatercolour. gouache on paper.Hyderabad. rnid-l8t l i century. Mrniature in Albr.ur(Muraqqa') X I, in the Fabergé col lect ion at t l re St.Peiersbr-Lrg Branch o1'the Inst i tute of Oriental Stuores.

fo l .6a . 15 .0r23 .0 cm ( ins ide thc l ia rnc) .

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate l. ,l|untlqib-i Murla-uv't by Amrr Muhammad Sálih al-HusaynT al-Tinridhr, rnanuscript Cl l68zl in rhccol lect ion of thc St. Petcrsburg Branch of thc lnst i tutc of Oricntal Stucl ies. fol. lb, 17.2x27.6crn.

Pfate2. "Drttcln of 'AlT". miniatule in the samc manuscript. Watcroolour" gouache ou paper, f i rst half of thcI 8 th century . Íb l . l3b . 10 .7 x I 6 .2 cm.

Plate 3. " 'Ah and the peti t ioner". miniature in the same rnanuscript. Watercolour" gouache on paper. Í i rst hal l 'ofthc 1Sth ccntury, fol. 40b. l0 7 x 16.0 cm.

Plate 4' " 'Alt on the t larch". miniature in thc sanre manuscript. Watcrcolour. gouache on paper. l l rst half oÍ ' the1Sth ccntury, Íbl. 95a, 10.7 x 11 .2 cm.

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TEXTS AIVD MANUSCRIPTS.. DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH

S. Grigoryev. AÍghan Historical Sources on rhe Kltirqo ol the Prophet Mulammad .

E. Rezvan. On the History of 'Ishqiyya Brotherhood Sacred Relics. l: Íhe Khirqa of the Prophet

Val. Polosin. 'Un\:an Illuminations in Arabic Manuscripts (Paft l)M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-bark from Bairam-Ali. IL Avadana and

JAtuka (Part 7)l.Zograph. Mongolian Borrowings in Documents of Yuan Chancellery -'

TEXT AI{D TTS CULTURAL I]'{TERPRETATION.

K. Kepping. "The Autumn Wind" by Han Wu-di


in the Mi-nia (Tangut) Translation

E. Rezvan. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. IV: Poetry and Miniatures (Pan I ) .

ORIENTAL MANL\SCRIPTS AI{D I,IEW TNFORMATION TECHNOLOGTES

John Tait. Papyri. Digit isation, and the Web: Accessibil i ty and Management of Collections .

OL.R ARCHITE

A. Tscndina. A Work on the History of BLrddhisrn in Mongolia

BOOK REVIEWS .


"Klrusraw u'atching Shrrïn combing her hair after bathing", miniature from the manuscript Farhad w'a Shtrtn byKarnál al-Drn BáÍiqi Wahshi and Mul:ammad Shaf i' al-Shrráz-l Wisál in the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch

of thc lnstitute of Oriental Studies, call number A 910. Copicd by Mubammad Ismá'ïl al-Anjau.r al-Shïràzïin Rabï' I 1284 i July 1867, fol. 51b, 6.1 t4.2 cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

Pfate 1. 'Ltntycln and page dccoration. a Qájár stylc, the same manuscript. fo1s. 1b 2a. 121.3 x 8.8 cm.Plate 2. "Farhád in the castle of Sllrin", miniaturc, the same manuscnpt. fol. 48b, 4.9 x 3.2 cm.Plate 3. "shrrrn sees Farhád while corning to see the works at Mount Blsit[n", miniature, the same nranuscript.

fo l . 65b" 4 .8 x 5 .1 cm.

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M. Gadjiev, A. Shikhsaidov. The Darband-nama on Hàrun Al-RashTd and a Newly Discovered ArabicInscription from A. H.116 . l

I. Itkin. The Linguistic Features of Tocharian A Manuscript Maitreyavadanavydkarana. l lE. Rezvan. Qur'ànic Manuscripts as Birth, Death, Land and Library Register l

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M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-bark from Bairam-Ali. lI. Avaddna andJataka (Part 8) lrr

Sh. Vahidov. The History of the 'lshqilya Brotherhood's Sacred Relics. II: the Katta Langar Qu'ràns (NewFragments) jl

TEXT AND ITS CULTURÁL INTERPRETATION ]]S. Kfyashtorny. Manichaean Text T II D and Ïrq BittgXlX ll

PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS -+f,

E. Rezvan. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. IV: Poetry and Miniatures (Part 2) . . -+r,

CONSERVATION PROBLEMS. 5l

A.-G. Rischel. The Danish Collection of Dunhuang Manuscripts: Preliminary Analysis 5:

ORIENTAL MANUSCNPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES .i9

V. Jakobson, G. Lezin. Computer Analysis of the Laws of Hammurabi: Basic Concepts 5e

BOOK REVIEWS . .

IN MEMORIAM

Professor V. N. Goregliad (1932-2002)


"Laylà visiting Majnun in the desert", watercolour, gouache and gold onpapeÍ. Central Deccan, 1780-1800.Miniature in Album (Muraqqa') X 3 in the Fabergé collection at the St. Petersburg Branch

of the Institute of Oriental Studies" fol. 8b. 13.6x 17.i cm.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate 1. 'Unwdn from Khamsa ("Pentateuch") by Ab[ Muhammad Ilyás b. Y[suf b. Mu'ayyad Nizàmï Ganjawï.Manuscript C 1674 in the Fabergé collection at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of OrientalStudies, Heart,ca. 1480-i490, fol. 1b, 13.0x21.4 cm.

Plate2, "The night joumey of Muhammad and his ascent to heaven",miniature in the same manuscript (laterwork modelled after Herat samples), fol. 3b, 13.0 X 21.4 cm.

Plate 3. "Ntshába, Queen of Amazons, showing Iskandar his porhait", miniature in the same manuscript (later

work modelled after Herat samples), fol.4la, 13.0\21.4 cm.Plate 4. "Iskandar supporting the head of the dying Dárá (Darius)", miniature in the same manuscript (later work

modelled after Herat samples), fol. 258b, 13.0 x 21.4 cm.

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I. Petrosyan. The Author and the Book: the Turkish Translation of Sa'dT's Gulístan l

V. Bobrovnikov. Ittifaq Agreernents in Daghestan in the E,ighteenth ---.� Nineteenth Centuries l(r

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I. Zaytsev. Turkic Manuscripts in the State Public Historical Library in Moscow l\

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M. Cailleteau, L. Feugère. Problems of the Restoration ol a Fragment of Kouang King Illustration(Mg 17 669)

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"The story of the Dragon islandQazírat al-tinnïn)", miniature from'Aja'ib al-makhtuqat wa ghara'ib al,mawjudatby Zakarlyà'!. \,{rrlrammad b. Mahm[d al-Qazwïnï (ca. 1203-1.282). manuscript D 370 in the collection

ofthe St. Petersburg Branch ofthe Institute ofOriental Studies, 9S8/1580, Baghdád school. fol. 64 a.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate l, "The giant snake or dragon(thu'bair)". miniature in the same manuscript, fo1.219 a.Plate 2. "The cat with the wings of a bat. Island of Java Qazrrat al-zabih) dweller", m:iniature in the same

manuscript, Íbl. 60 a.Plate 3. "The old Jew" (al-sha1,kh al1'ahildt)" , miniature in the same manuscript. fol. 71 a.

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M. Rezvan. Qur'án Manuscript A 1638 from the Collcction of the

RESEARCH

St. Petersburs Branch of thc Instirute otOriental Srudies and the Practice of Lstikhara

T. Pang, N. Pchelin. The Qing Imperial Credentials in the St. Petersburg Collections

TEXT AND ITS C{.ILTURAL INTERPRETATIOII . . l

I. Tantlevskij. Melchizedek and the Teacher of Righteousness: Some Peculiarit ies of Messianrc andEschatological Texts from Qumran :

E. Tyomkin. A Word about Bhámaha. a

LIBRARIES AI{D NE'I/ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESTowards an exchange network oJ'Arabic authoriQ records. Round Table (Part I) .

N. Rodriguez. Propos liminaires. Opening Remarks .

M. Beaudiquez. Echange et réutilisation des fichiers d'autorité: quels principes promouvoir'?

N. Boddaert. Classiqucs anonvmes de la littératurc arabe

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Embroidery design of a dragon. The Qing imperial credentials of the Emperor Xuantongto the Russian Tsar Nicolas II, accordion binding cover. The collection of the St. Petersburg Branch

of the Institute of Oriental Studies. 345x22.0 cm.

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Embroidery design on a tao. Same credentials, 34.5 x22.0 cm.

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C. Kara. Mediaeval Mongol Documents from Khara Khoto and East Turkestan in the St. Petersburg Branch ofthe Institute of Oriental Studies


M. Reisner. The Life of the Text and the Fate of Tradition. I: Naql in Persian Poetics

LIBRARIES AND ]{EW INFORMATION TECITA|OLOGIESRound Table (Part II)

S. Descamps-Wassif. Le fichier d'autorite de la Bibliothèque de I ' institut du Monde Arabe (base A'LÀM).A. Cathelineau-Junqua. Création cle notices d'autorités d'auteurs arabes dans le systeme universitaire cle

documentation (SUDOC)

C. Detienne. Autorites auteurs et titres arabes I'expérience de I'Llniversité catholique de LouvainD. Duclos-Faure. Réflexions et reco[lmandations pour le catalogage des fonds en caractères non latins en

France dans le catalogue collectif universitaire, SUDOC .M. Amin. Bibliotheca Alexandrina

M. S. Plettner. Les autorites auteurs arabes dans I'environnement informatisé d'aujourd'hui: options etimplications

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"Picnic beside a stream", miniature from the -Iung (Album) by Mir 'AlT al-ïusaynï al-Kàtib al-Harawï,autograph in the collection ofthe St. Petersburg Branch ofthe Institute ofOriental Studies,

Dhu'l Qa'da 935 / July - August 1529, Herat school of painting (possibly Bukhárá),painter - Mahmud Muzahhib or 'Abdalláh, fol. 9a, 6.5 x 14.0 cm.

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"Two lovers in an orchard in full bloom", miniature from the same manuscript,painter - Mahmld Muzahhib or 'Abdalláh, Íbl. 4lb, 7.4 x 13.5 cm.

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F. Déroche. Analyser l 'écritr-rre arabe. Remarques sur la "cursivité"

F. Richard. Autour de la naissance du nasta'l i4 en Perse: les écritures de Chancellerie et le foisonnement desstyles durant les années 1350-1400

E. Wright. The Calligraphers of STràz and the Developm enÍ of nasrct'liq ScriptA. Gacek. The Head-serif (tuntïs) and the Typology of Arabic Scripts: Preliminary Observarions

TEXT AND TTS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION . . ,

S. Tourkin. Another Look on the Petition ('ardada.ít) b1, Ja'far Báysungurï Adclressed to his patron Báysungurb. Sahruh b. ïrnur .

Sh. S. Blair. Yáq[t and his Followers .A. Erkinov. Die Eigenschafien der Biicher volksti.imlicher Verbreitung. Der Beispiel des D:'c7n-i Hikntat des

Ahmad Yasawï


Sh. Vahidov. Le.s particularités paléographiques et codicologiques des fonds particuliers de Rawnaqi et Faqiri(Sahrisabz. Ouzbékistan).

Sh. Ziyadov. Taschkenter HandschriÍten tiber das Milieu Bucharischer Theologen in 13. und 14. Jahrhunderten.A.Muminov.Die Bedeutung der Handschriften aus der Bibtiottrck de.s I!"cLja Mullatnntad Prlr.sa Íïr die

Erforschung des hanafit ischen Gelehrtenmiiieus von Buhár.á.

PRES ENTING TH E MAN U SCRI PT

J. sourdel. Un modèle exceptionnel parmi les certificats de pèlerinage ayyoubides

LTBRARTES AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES,TolvcLrcls an exchange netw^ork of Arabic auÍhrtrity records. Round Table (Part III).

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Museum.

B a c k c o v e r :

San.rplcs oi Arabic cal l igraphl,. Turkey ( lr). ló88-1689, Bibl iothèque nationale de France. Mannscrirs orientaux. arabe +6+\.21 .5x13.5 cm. Cour tesv o f BNF.

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F. Briquel-Chatonnet. La mise en pa,qe dans les manuscrits syriaques d'après les plus anciensn lanuscn l s .

A. Fu'ád Sayyid. Les marques de possession sur les manuscrits et la reconstitution des anciens Íbndsde manuscrits arabes.

F. Bauden. Maqriziana IV. Le carnet de notes d'al-MaqrïzT: I 'apporl de la codicologie à unemeilleure comprehension de sa constitntion

TEXT AATD TTS CLTLTUKAL INTERPRETATION . , .

u. Dreibholz. unusual and Not-so-usual Decorations on yemeni Bindings l-S. Kenderova. La reliure des manuscrits r.r.rusuh.nans de Samokol. au XlX" siècle. +5Sh. R. canby. Painting in the Margins of persian Manuscript I l lustrations 5-l

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A. Jahdani. A propos d'Lrn traité mamelouk de call ieranhie.R. Quiring-Zoche. A Manuscript copied in Teamr.rork?


"lJusrau at Srrln's Palace", miniature from the Royal Turkman Hamsct of Nizàmr, Tabrï2, ca. I4g0, opacluewatercolour, ink and gold on paper, 29x l9 cm, Keir Collection.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate l. Zayn aldÍn 'Abd al-Ral1màn b. Y[suf (rbn gá'ig), Tuhfaí utï at-atbah fi sina'at al-l1at.t v-al-kitàltMs. Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, n. i 6l 0 ( 1 5gg), Í l 7.

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"\ Krrdelin' Arabic Literature: Poetics ancl Stylistics. I: Medielal Arabic Graphic culture (pictorial Figures toDrau'ing Script)i!ï' Reisner'

*::1Ï.:],,:e Tert and the Fate of Tradition. II: "orct A:ge eaptcto,, by Rrdaki (the Standard and

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I /'-.\75' ÁTD MAAIUSCRIPTS.. DESCNPTTON AND RESEARCH

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!,RESEtríTIl\rG THE COLLECTION . .,\. Sinits,vn, E. Yamanashi. paintings by Kau ahara Kei,qa and Other Larly I 9il, Centun, .lapanese Ar-trsts in theJolran Frederick Van ovemeer Fisscher collection (Peter the Great N,luseiun ol-Arthropology andEthnography).

P R E,S E AITI ATG TH E T,T,A]VLT S C RI P T

E.-Rezvan. Nen fbl ios Í iorn.. ,Uthn.ránic eur,án,, I . (Library of Adrninistration Íbr Muslinr Alfairs oi. theRepubl ic o1 ' Uzbekistan )

S|RIPIï PAGE SETTINGS At\rD BIVTDITIGS oF MIDDLE-EASTERT\, A,aNLrscRIprsPctpers ol'the Third Iníernaïional Cgnfereryce on Cocricorogy ancr paraeographl: of Micrdre_Easternl,fonuscripts, Bologna, 4-6 Ouobir, 20007i;;ï;i;' ".'

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t".Afshar. [nscriptions o'the co'ers of Islamic Manuscripts: An Introductory Str-rdy .I"" Tunsch' Datierung und IlerkunÍt der namlukischen Einbande im Museum Íi ir Islarnische Kunst in Berlin ..I ' . stanlev. Page-setting in Late ottoman eur'áns. An Aspect of standardization.'! l ' fÍïhymiou' Quelques réflexions sur les relir-rres c1'Asie ccntrale dans les Íbnds de la Bibliothèque narionalede France

F r o n f c o v e r :

Plate I' No' 13-24' Kawahara Keiga, "A vierv of a highrval station". i'ihon l-ukei-:u (L'ietrs r{Japan).Edo period( 1 9 ' r ' c . ) . P a i n t i n g u n f o r m J t t e d , . o l o u . o n r l i L , g o l O , l t Z r À : ; c Á r ( n h o l e ) , 5 1 . 5 x 6 2 . 3 c m ( p a i n t i n g ) ,

r l , no signature.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate 2' No' 13-3zr/39(8). Icrem, "A visit to a Shinto shrine,', LiJe,.f Japanese peopreunformaned (album folio), colouron silk, gold,:s.i ,"+e'i i i f",r",ó,,r.,o srgnatul'e.

Edo Per iod 1 lQ" ' c . ) . pa in r ingr 44.3 cm (paint ing), no seal,

Plate 3' No' l3-34/39(3 5)' Idem, "wedding cetetnony', ibi.cl Edo Period (19'r' c.). painting unfonnarted (albu' fblio),colour on si lk, gold, 32.5 x 44.5 .-, no ,"u1, no ,ígnu,rr. .

Plate4' No' 13-34/39(17)' klem,."A,.greeting of the bridegroom's Íàmil1' by a representati 'e or the h.use or.thebride"' ihid' Edo Period (19'r ' ; .) . PÀting unformined (arl* r l i iol ] ."ror-rr on sitk. gold. ir . t - l - ] .0 . .n.no seal, no signature.

Plate 5' No' I 3-34i39(3 0) ' I t lem, "A scene at a cemetery" , ibid. Edo period ( 1 g'r ' c. ) . paint irg un i trrnr arrccl (a rbunrfol io), colour on si lk. 32.3 x 14.1cm. no seal. no signaturc.

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IPTS: DESCRIP.ilON AND RESEARCH .

and Sclrolars. ,\ 13rbliographic Surrev of Published Arabic Literature frontVal icu: , \ . I r : . :1r o i ' Pcnnranship. Bookntaking. ancl the Transrn iss i t rn

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TEXT AN D ITS C {"t' L7-{ J RAL. I N7'í:.1{P RE \ATION

A.Kudelin.Arabic Literalure: Poetics i. incl Slrl istics. II: To the Ploblem of Correlation of the Traciit ional anclthe Or is in i l i in 14er i icra l Poet icr ; tAbout " lnr i ta t ion" in Classical L i teratures of the Ncar ancl Mi t ld leEast )

NI. Reisner. The L-ifr ' ol ' l i tr '-[-crt aud tl i t: i : irt ' of Traeiit ion. III: lntr:rpt"etation of Pre-lslarnic Calenclar Festivalsin Classieai i r r i 's iu t t Poetrv ( ) ï ' t l rc iOth l2 th Centur ies (b1, the Erantp le of Narr . r ' l i : ) .

P RES ENï I n" {} ' l ' Í l { ' " (: {}LLEC7. t 0 h .

I i . Rezran. A. ' l ' r : r ' rukur . l i icholas of Rr i :s i l i ' I ' r 'avels

to theBast . I : Chinese Watercolours on Pi th

PRESI NTIl,lG 7"llE hlANUSCRlPT

r\. Erkinor. Pnt,r 'cr', ' \.ulinrt Fclcr. Conncctcd u'ith the Narne olKh"ája Ahlnacl Yasar,i,r.

FAMO{.IS ORIF,NT-A1-15'TS.. LIF E ÁI\/D ASSESSMEI/TS .

(1. Z iethen. Chr is t ian \ { i i r r in , I t ,achim r . F i "uehn: His L. i fe as Docuntente i l b l the Recolds in Gennan Archi ies

BOOK ItE,VIEW,S

F r o n t c o t ' e r :

( i r t ' l t l \ iL ts. ' t rnt o l - \ntht ' r ,pr i logr unt l Ethnogr i rphr. i lLrssi l r r r \euclr i r t r Lr i seiences ( \ { . . \ i : R. \S), Ct : l lect iono1 ' \ i cho l : i s l l . Sh r - l l - t n ruk . l 1 l ( i - r . ( ' ( ) u l . t r ) \ ) o t ' r hc \ l use r : n r .

B a c k c o l e r :

P l , i t c 2 . í l i r i 1 r . ( ' l t i n e s c \ \ . a t e r c o l o u r o n p i t h { 3 7 r 2 5 c n r ) . s c c o n c l h a l i ' o l ' t h e l g t h c e n t u f \ . N , l A E : R . \ S . C e l l e c t i o no l N icho las I I " Shc l Í ' - rn l rk 3 l l - l / l f ( . J ) . Cour tc \ \ 'o l t l re N luseunr .

P l a t e 3 . . ! l r i r r i . C l i i n e s e u ' a t c r c o l o u l o u p i t h ( 3 7 x 2 5 c r r ) . s e c o n c l h a l l o f r h e l g t h c e n t u r ' ) , . N , , l A E R A S . C o l l e c t i o ni r l N icho l i rs i l . Shc i t ' -mr rk 3 l I l / l l ( / l ) . Cour tcsv o l r l . rc \ . luseurn .

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EDITORIAL BOARDE. Rezvan. fionusevipto ()dentolio and the Crest of Mukaizuru

TEXTS AND MANLISCRIPTS.. DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH . .

I. Zaytsev. An Autograph by the Arabic Scholar in the Ottoman Book from the Moscow State Public HistoricalLibrary Funds

J. P. Monferrer-Sala. Wa-ba'da zamdn qalíl yaqumu ./ï l-'arab insan: Apocalyptic as Propagandistic ToolAgainst Islam

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION. . .

A' Kudelin. Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. III: Early Arabic Poetry: an Attempt of Histori-cal-Functional Analysis

M. Reisner. The Life of the Text and the Fate of Tradition. IV: About the Character of Love Symbolism in the

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Poetic Works of 'Abd Alláh Ansári

PRESEIVTIIVG THE COLLECTION . .

H' Omarov. The Qur'ànic MSS of the Oriental Manuscripts Fund of the Dàg[istán Institute of History. Archae-ology and Ethnography: Preliminary Description .

PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT

E. Rezvan. The Qur'án of Pëtr Stolypin (?)M. Rezvan. Early Qur'ánic MS from the Collections of St. Petersburg Kunstkamera (Preliminarv Reoofi)

BOOK REï4g'I/S


Plate 1. Crest of Mukaizutu from yamato-utsubo style quiver. Japan, 19th c. Wood, lacquer, copper, lacquered deerskin (Japanese deer), tortoise shell. MAE RAS, No. 5966-3817, receivcd from the Moscow Museum of Ori-

ental Cultures. Photo by A. N. Tikhomirov. Courtesy of the Museum.

B a c k c o y e r :

Plates 2-3. Emaki scroll. Plot: the life of the Emperor's couft of the Heian epoch (794-1185). Painting on paperin the style of yamato-ya. Silk (goldish brocade), paints, lndian ink, waxed and gilded paper. 1250 x 32 cm.No signature, no seal. MAE RAS, No. 312-58/2-1(2), donation of Nicholas II, received in 1893. Phoro by

A. N. Tikhomirov. Courtesy of the Museum.

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E. Rezvan. Peter the Great Kunstkamera - 290 years l

TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS.. DESCRTPTTON AND RESEARCH , , , (I

K. Vasiltsov. Af{al al-Din KáshánT and His Treatics "The Book of Everlasting" (Based on the MS B 2496 fromthc SPIOS Collection) . (l

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL TNTERPRETATION . . ]II

A. Kudelin. Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. IV: Medieval Arabic Panegyric: Tradition and CreativePersonality.

M. Reisner. The Life of the Text and the Fate of Tradition. V: Method of Allegorical lnterprctation of theQur'àn (ta'u,tl) and the Symbolic Language of Persian Poetry of the 1 lth l2th Centurics l-

M. Rezvan. "lf somebody dreams about reading the Qur'án, it is a good dream" (On the Modern Interpretationof the Mcdieval Tradition) ll

PRESENTT]\TG THE COLLECTIOAI .

S. Chernetsov. Ethiopian "Magic Scrolls" from thc MAE Collection.

BOOK REVTEWS b 1.,


P f a t e f . " A n A n g e l w i t h a S w o r d " , 1 2 . 2 x 2 l . 5 c m ( p a i n t i n g ) . N o . 6 6 0 7 1 4 , M A E R A S . 1 2 . 5 r 2 1 8 c m ( w h o 1 e ) .Africa, middle of the 20th c. Photo by S. Shapiro. Courlesy of the Museum.

B a c k c o v e r :

P l a t e 2 . " A n g e l s " , l 2 x l 3 . 5 c m ( p a i n t i n g ) . N o . 4 0 5 5 - 1 0 , M A E R A S . l 3 x 1 9 0 c r r ( w h o l e ) . A f r i c a , s e c o n d h a l fof the 19th-beginning of the 20th c. Photo by S. Shapiro. Courtcsy of the Museum.

Plate 3. "Tied-up Demons". 12x12 cm (painting). Same MS. Photo by S. Shapiro. Courtesy of the Museum.

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N. Terletsky. Some Data about the Early Works of the Khuqand Historiography.A. Fedeli. A.Perg.2: a Non Palimpsest and the Corrections in the Qur'ànic Manuscripts . :

PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT

F. Abdullaeva. An Unknown Shahnama from Ann Arbor

CONSERTATION PROBLEMS

K. Kalinina, E. Shishkova. Study and Conservation of Dilapidated Fragments of Painting on the Canvas fromKhara-Kloto

REí/IEWS

IN MEMORIAM

Professor S. B. Chernetsov (1943-2005)

F r o n t c o y e r :

Plate l. "Guqf;tasp killing the Dragon", miniature from the Shahnàma by Firdawsr, opaque water colour on paper,110 x 124 mm. MS 280, f . 312v,India, provincial, 17th c. Courtesy of the University of Michigan, Graduate

Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.

B a c k c o y e r :

Plate2. "Rustam shoots his brother Shag!ád before dying in the wolfs pit", miniature from the Shàhnama byFirdawsr, opaque water colour on paper, l58x 125 mm. Same MS, f.372r. Courtesy of the University of

Michigan, Graduate Library, Depaltment of Rare Books and Special Collections.

Plate 3. "Ardashïr and Haftwád", miniature from the Shahnama by FirdawsT, opaque water colour on paper,153 x 126 mm. Same MS, f. 411v. Courtesy of the University of Michigan, Graduate Library, Deparrment

ofRare Books and Special Collections.

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A. Alekseev. Mahmud b. AmTr Wah and His Bahr al-asrar.

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL I]{TERPRETATION. .

A. Kudelin. Arabic Literafure: Poetics and Stylistics. V: a Romantic Epos about Majnln and its Arabic RootsM. Reisner. The Life of the Text and the Fate of Tradition. VI: Birds in Mystical-Symbolic qaqídas by Saná'I

and KháqánT (12th century) (to the Problem of Formation of the Symbolic Language in the Classi-cal Persian Qaqtda)

PRESEI{TING THE COLLECTION .

D. Ivanov. Buddhist Collections of the St. Petersburs Kunstkamera: lcons from N. V. Kirilov's Collection .E. Revunenkova. Batak Priests' Books in the MAE Collection. IMasanori Kaji. Nicholas of Russia Travels to the East. II: Japanese Granddaughter of Dmitrií Mendeleev

OUR ARCHIVE

A. Reshetov. About the Fate of a Present from Dalai Lama to the Academician S. F. Oldenburs

REVIEWS

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B a c k c o v e r :

Plate 2. "Yamantaka-Vajrabhairava". No. 794-3, MAE RAS. 29.5 x 40.5 cm. Canvas, gouache.Mangolia (?), end of the l9th-*beginning of the 20th century. Photo by the author. Courtesyof the Museum.

Plate3. "Ganesha". No.794-4, MAERAS. 32x42.5 cm. Canvas, mineral paints. Tibetan-Chinesestyle, end of the l9th ceotwy. Photo by Alexander Sinitsin. Courtesy of the Museum.

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A. Fedeli. N{ingana and the Manuscript of Mrs. Agnes Smith Lewis, One Century Later

TEXT AI,{D ITS CULTURÁL II{TERPRETÁTION

A. Kudelin. Arabic Literature : Poetics and Stylistics. Vl: Family-Matrimonial Relations in the sth-?th Centuries

Arabia and Their Reflection in the Early Arabic Poetry.V. Atnashev. Urn Marup - a Folk Poem about the Beginning of Cham Islamisation .D. Samsonov. Korean Classical Story of the 17th-191h Centuries as a Source for the Study of Korean Etiquette .

PRESENTIÍ{G THE COLLECTION .

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List ofSubjects .

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Plate 1. ïoutg Ladyin (iotrrí Dre.r,r. Private callection. Studio of Tingqua iactive 1830 to 1870),

China. Watercolour on pith. 28 r l8 cm. Photograph by I. Willianis.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate2. Proc.ession "Goltlen Dnuns". Cuangzhou Museutn. i9thcentury. China. Watercoiaur

on pith. 29 r I ó cm. Photograph b.v 1. Willianis. Courtesy of the L1useum.Pfate 3, Pnttessíon "Girls' Band". Cuangzhou Museun. 19th century, China. Watercolour on pith.

29 x 16 cm. Photograph by I. Williams. Courtesy of tile Museum.Plate4, lnsecïs ttntl Stnal! C{eshres. Private collection. I9thcentury, China. Watercolour on pith.

30 x 18 cnr. Photograph by I. \L illiams.Plate5, Thearrit'ol Btstíle Scene. Cuangzhou Mnseum. l9thccntury, China. Watercolour oa pith.

3 ! " 19 crn. Phorographers Qiu Kang ald Mo Jianchao. Courtesy of the Museum.Plate 6. {hopping Herhs ta Ácld ra Tea. Royal Botanical Cardens. Kew. {'a. 1850. China. \\'atercol-

our on pith. ?8 x l9 cn. Ccurtesy of the Trustees cf the Royal Botanical Cardens, Kew.

Plate ?. líonke1.s Garhering Tea. Priyaïe collection. Early t9th century, China. Ink drawing cn pilh.

14 " 1 I cnr. Photograph b-v L Williants.

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EDITORIAL, ,

TEXTS AND MANUSCMPTS.. DESCNPTION AND RESEARCH

E. Rezvan. Mingana Folios: When and Why

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATIOI,{. .

M. Reisner, N. Chalisova. The Life of the Text and the Fate of Tradition. VIVI Classical Persian Lyrics: to the

Problem of GenesisE. Rezvan. Through the Eyes ofa Prince.

PRESENTING THE COLLECTION. . .

D. Ivanov. Buddhist Collections of Saint-Petersburg Kunstkamera. II: Kalmyk Painting and Bronze from Inner

Mongolia

REVIEWSE. Ivanova. An Experience of Using the "Buddhist Iconography Identification Guide" While Working on the

Catalogue of Buddhist Collections of the MAE RAS (in Place of a Review)

ManuscripÍa Orientalia in 2003-2005, vol,s.9-l I (lisr of contributions)


Plate l. Bartan-Bahàdur and His Wilë Sinigul-Fudjin,miniattre to "Jámi' al-tawárï\h" ("The Collected Annals")by Fadl Alláh Rag!ïd al-Dïn b. 'Imád al-Dawla. Miniature size 12.5x13.5 cm. Samarqand paper, mid of the

I 4th century. Taghkent Birunï Institute of Oriental Studies, shclf mark 1620, fo1. 49 r. Courtesy of theInstitute.

B a c k c o v e r :

Plate2, Amtr ITmur and Hi,s Wife,mintatureto"Tafar-nàma" ("The Book of Victories") by Sharaf al-Din 'Ali

YazdT. Miniature size 18.5 x l5 cm. Samarqand, 1629. Taqhkent Brrunï Institute of Oriental Studies, shelfmark4472, fol. 152 r. Courtesy of the Institute.

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TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION.

Ï_*"t'n"n,);iï[ï1"ïff"i:ï"i1".'"^'and the Fate or rradition. vrv2: crassicar persian

E' Rezvan' M' Rezvan' The Qur'án, woman and Her clothrng in the Magic spirere of central eria� .

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33x35'5 cm (painting)' Tibet, lSth-l9th c. courtesy of Soo Tze oriental Antiques (Tasmania).

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TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH

D. James. A Note on the Awlad al-Hilu: a Scribal Dynasty of Fás (Fez)

N. Terletsky. A Little-Known Work About a Bnkhara Mazdr


A. Kudelin. Arabic Literature: Poetics and Stylistics. VII: "Life of the Prophet" by Ibn Isf,àq-Ibn Hish4mas a Monument of Medieval Arabic Literature. Attempt at a Literary Analysis.

V. Krprkova. Interpretation of Tájft Wedding Embroidery: Ritual, Image, Text .

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E. Revunenkova. Sulalat-us-Salatin: the Krusenstern Manuscript .

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Mulrammad Yísuf,"Darwry! Holding a Rosary", 25.5x7.8 cm. Iran, mid 17th century. The State HermitageMuseum, VR-740/XXV. Courtesy of the Museum.

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The wedding sheet róyjo, 250xI62 cm. Samarqand, end of the l9th-beginning of the 20th century.MAE RAS, No. 7304-4. Courtesy of the Museum.

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I.Katkova.Revisrng Histc,ry of $ffism in Indonesia. lSthCentury Treatise Tulfat aLragfotbn fi bayan-ihaqíqat al-íman by shaylcÍt'Abd al-Samad al-Palimbàru- .

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Plate 1. Collection of MSS and blackletter books. Muhiikh. Horxe of the scholar Atanás.

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Plz�te2. The Qur'án. 19th century. Magar.Plat€3.TheQur'án. Sura al-Fatiha and begrruring of the sura Baqara. End of the lSthcentury

The QurÉda mosque.

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