Polosin Val.V. Arabic Manuscripts: Text Density and its Convertibility in Copies of the Same Work // Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research. Vol. 3, No 2, June 1997. P. 3-17.
The copyist of manuscript С 2114 from the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies has made a mistake. Being probably distracted for a while from his work he then resumed copying of a passage already done by him earlier. Due to this mistake we, for the first time, get some definite material and an opportunity to discuss the regularity of individual handwriting in medieval Arabic manuscripts…
On November 14–15, 2023, the 1st All-Russia conference of young orientalists “Army and military traditions of the Near East” will be held at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS. The program of the conference is now available.