The present publication aims to draw attention to one of the Christian Arabic manuscripts in the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (call number A 187). Among numerous extant manuscripts, executed in the Arab Christian milieu, this one is of special interest because of miniatures it contains. Only few of such illustrated codices have come down to us. In addition, the miniatures were performed by the outstanding artist known as Yusuf Musawwir…
The 3rd International Academic Conference “The Written Heritage of the Orient” dedicated to the 140th anniversary of B.Ya. Vladimirtsov (1884–1931) will take place at the IOM RAS on April 22–24. The conference program is now available.
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