Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research. Ed. by Y.A.Petrosyan, I.Ye.Petrosyan, E.A.Rezvan, E.N.Tyomkin, M.I.Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. Vol. 2, No 2, June 1996.
TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH — 3
V. Livshits. Sogdian Buddhist Fragment KRIV/879 No. 4263 from the Manuscript Collection of the
St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies — 3
Valery Polosin. Muslim Bindings with al-Khālidiyānī Double Borders — 9
TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION — 13
E. Tyomkin. On the Term Itihāsa and the Problem of the Structure of the Mahābhārata Text — 13
PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS — 19
O. Vasilyeva. Oriental Manuscripts in the National Library of Russia — 19
O. Frolova. Some Notes on the Arabic Manuscripts and Collections in the Library of the Oriental Faculty of
the St. Petersburg University — 36
A. Sazykin. The Collection of Mongolian Manuscripts and Xylographs in the Ethnological Museum of the
Republic of Tuva in Kyzyl — 44
ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS AND NEW INFORMA TION TECHNOLOGIES — 50
H. Braam, M. Vandamme. A Robust and Versatile Solution for the Digital Publication of Manuscript
Materials — 51
PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT — 56
A. Khalidov. A Unique 14th Century Literary Anthology Manuscript from Baghdad — 56
A. Sazykin. Illustrated Manuscript of “One Hundred Thousand Verses” in the Mongolian Fund of the
St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies — 62
The Annual IOM Academic Session “The Written Heritage of the Orient as the Basis for Classical Tradition of Oriental Studies” will be held on December 4–6, 2023. The program of the Session is now available.