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The First Islamic Material at Cambridge University Library: Unearthing Bedwell’s Forgotten Manuscript

Posted on 13 September 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

Dr Majid Daneshgar is Associate Professor of Area Study at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. He was previously Munby Fellow 2022-23 […]

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Library history, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

Translating Persian Tafsir in Aceh: The Oldest Malay “Story of Joseph” at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 14 August 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

This post is written by Dr Majid Daneshgar who recently completed his Munby fellowship at Cambridge University Library and is now Associate Professor of Area […]

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Manuscripts, South-east Asian, Special Collections
Javanese manuscript with Arabic phrase

The Oldest Javanese Islamic Text at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 22 May 2023 by Majid Daneshgar

This post is co-written by Dr Majid Daneshgar (Munby Fellow, CUL) & Prof. Edwin Wieringa (Professor of Indonesian Philology and Islamic Studies, University of Cologne, […]

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Manuscripts, South-east Asian, Special Collections

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, South-east 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

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

Thomas Erpenius: an Arabist of many talents

Posted on 18 March 2014 by Catherine Ansorge

Thomas van Erpe, or Erpenius, as he is usually known, is best remembered for his collection of Arabic manuscripts which came to the University Library […]

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Collectors and collecting, Historical Printing, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Rare Books

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