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A newly-discovered Malay manuscript in Erpenius’ library: An old booklet of supplication

Posted on 29 March 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

While reconstructing the personal library of Thomas Erpenius (d. 1624) kept at Cambridge University Library (CUL) as part of my Munby fellowship, I have been […]

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Manuscripts, South Asian, Special Collections

Secrets of the Erpenius copy of the Killing Story of Husain in Karbala

Posted on 8 February 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

This post is by Munby Fellow Dr Majid Daneshgar, whose project for 2022/23 is entitled Revisiting Malay Islamic Manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library: Global […]

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Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, South Asian, Special Collections

Some Islamic manuscripts from Africa

Posted on 5 June 2020 by Catherine Ansorge

In among the very varied items which constitute Library’s Islamic manuscript collection there is a small number of texts originating from the Saharan and sub-Saharan […]

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Collectors and collecting, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

Silks, pearls and manuscripts

Posted on 19 February 2018 by Catherine Ansorge

On the wall of the Library’s fourth floor of landing hangs a portrait of a man dressed in a very fine silk or satin doublet […]

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Cambridge University history, Collectors and collecting, librarians, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

Islamic Codicology at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 3 October 2017 by Yasmin

Every autumn – since 2006 – Cambridge University Library is hosting an Introduction to Islamic Codicology, a one week course and workshop on the material and artistic […]

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Conservation, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern

TODAY: Adam Gacek, ‘Of bookworms, plants and squiggles: my unexpected journey into the world of Islamic manuscripts’

Posted on 19 November 2012 by Special Collections

Adam Gacek, former Head of Islamic Studies Library and Faculty Lecturer in Arabic Manuscript Studies, McGill University, Montreal, will speak today, 19 November 2012, in […]

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Events, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern

View the Library’s treasures cover to cover

Posted on 29 March 2012 by Special Collections

Further content and functionality has been added to the Cambridge Digital Library. We have added more items to the Islamic Manuscripts and Newton collections—including several […]

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Cambridge Digital Library, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

William Bedwell: the tribulations of an Arabist

Posted on 26 July 2011 by Catherine Ansorge

William Bedwell was an Arabic scholar and mathematician born in Great Hallingbury, Essex, in 1563. He is sometimes known as the father of Arabic studies […]

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