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This part of the Islamic manuscripts site contains out of print publications which are nowadays often difficult to find. The section is continually being expanded. Among other things it will contain the full contents of Manuscripts of the Middle East (MME), the journal published by Ter Lugt Press in Leiden in the 1980's and 1990's. Ask for a quotation from the publisher (Ter Lugt Press, Donkersteeg 19, NL-2312 HA Leiden, The Netherlands) if you wish to obtain a paper version of the articles which appeared in MME.
This section also contains recent publications some of which may still be in print. These have usually been included with the permission of the owners of the copyright, with mention of the websites where such publications can be purchased.
This section of the site also contains older catalogues of Islamic manuscripts, which are now out-of-print, and other relevant publications.
For reasons of copyright all publications in this section have a read-only restriction and cannot be printed.

Articles in journals or periodical publications:

• F.I. Abdullaeva, A Turkish prose version of Fitdawsi's Shah-nama in the manuscript collection of the St. Petersburg State University Library, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/2 (1997), pp. 49-57
• F. Abdullayeva, 'Some linguistic peculiarities of the Lahore Tafsir, its date and provenance', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/1 (1996), pp. 21-24
• M. Abumalham, Les manuscrits judéo-arabes du Moyen-Age: Quelques traits, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 69-74
• Reza T. Ahmadi, 'Symbolism in Persian rugs', in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/1 (1997), pp. 62-64
• Abd al-Aziz al-Ahwani, 'Kutub Baramig al-`Ulama' fil-Andalus', in Magallat Ma`had al-Makhtutat al-`Arabiyya 1/1 (1955), pp. 91-120
• O.F. Akimushkin, On the date of al-Sihah al-`Ajamiyya's composition, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/2 (1997), pp. 31-32
• O. Akimushkin, 'The Library-Workshop (Kitabkhana) of Baysunghur Mirza in Herat', in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/1 (1997), pp. 14-24
• O. Akimushkin, 'The sources of the "The Treatise on Calligraphers and Painters" by Qazi Ahmad Qumi', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/1 (1995), pp. 5-11
• O. Akimushkin, 'Textological studies and the "critical text" problem', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/2 (1995), pp. 22-28
• O. Akimushkin, 'Muraqqa`. Album of Indian and Persian miniatures of the 16-18th centuries and the models of the Persian calligraphy of the same period', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/3 (1995), pp. 63-67
• Michael W. Albin, Early Arabic printing: A catalogue of attitudes, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 114-122
• A. Alikberov & E. Rezvan, '`Adja'ib al-Makhluqat by Zakariya' al-Qazwini (d. 682/1283): 16th-century illuminated manuscript from the St. Petersburg Academic collection', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/1 (1995), pp. 56-67
• A. Alikberov & E. Rezvan, 'Ibn Abi Khazzam and his Kitab al-Makhzun. The Mamluk military manual', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/1 (1995), pp. 21-28
• Ali Amahan, Notes bibliographiques sur les manuscrits en langue tamazight écrits en caractères arabes, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 99-104
• Al-Naji al-Amjad, al-Khatt al-Maghribi wal-Huwiyya al-Mafquda, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 87-97
• Robert Anhegger, On transcribing Ottoman texts, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 12-15
• Khalil Mahmud `Asakir, 'Risala fil-Kitaba al-Mansuba', in Magallat Ma`had al-Makhtutat al-`Arabiyya 1/1 (1955), pp. 121-127
• George Atiyeh, al-Makhtutat al-'Arabiyya wal-Islamiyya fi Maktabat al-Congress al-Amriki (Mushaf al-Shaykh Hamdullah al-Amasi), in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 45-56
• B. Babajanov, 'Biographies of Makhdum-i A'zam al-Kasani al-Dahbidi, Sheikh of the sixteenth- century Naqshbandiya', in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/2 (1999), pp. 3-8
• Don Baker, A note on the expression '... a manuscript on Oriental paper', in MME 4 (1989), pp. 67-68



• Hans-Jürgen Becker, Unexplored glosses in the Yerushalmi manuscript of Leiden, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 145-154



• A.L.F.A. Beelaert, The function of the mamduh in the 7th maqala of the Tuhfat al-'Iraqain by Khaqani Sirwani, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 16-22
• M. Beit-Arié and Nurit Pasternak, Comfort of reading, comfort of writing. Some reflections on line management, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 31 (automne 1997), pp. 9-21
• M. Beit-Arié, The Oriental Arabic paper, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 28 (printemps 1996), pp. 9-12
• M. Beit-Arié, SFARDATA. The Henri Schiller Codicological Database of the Hebrew Palaeography Project, Jerusalem, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 25 (automne 1994), pp. 24-29
• M. Beit-Arié, Why comparative codicology?, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 23 (automne 1993), pp. 1-5
• J. Bell & P. Zemanek, 'Test of two Arabic OCR programs', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/3 (1995), pp. 55-57
• Abdallah Benaïssa, 'Vers une interprétation paléographique du manuscrit Tawq al-Hamama du théologien andalou Ibn Hazm (994-1063)', in Études Maghrébines No. 5-6 (1997), pp. 7-21
• Muhammad Benchérifa, Nazra hawl al-Khatt al-Andalusi, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 73-85
• Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine, Taqdim, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 7-9
• Ahmad Shawqi Binebine, 'Ilm al-Makhtutat wa-al-Tahqiq al-'Ilmi, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 33-43
• M. Blank & N. Stavisky, Conservation of Medieval manuscripts in the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/3 (1997), pp. 39-45
• H.E. Boeschoten, Why transcribe Ottoman Turkish texts?, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 23-26
• O.G. Bolshakov, The St. Petersburg manuscript of the Maqamat by al-Hariri and its place in the history of Arab painting, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/4 (1997), pp. 59-66, 56
• S.A. Bonebakker, In memoriam August Jan Willem Huisman 1917-1983, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 100-102



• N. van den Boogert, The manuscript library of Tarim in Wadi Hadramawt, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 155-157



• N. van den Boogert, Some notes on Maghribi script, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 30-43



• Book reviews, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 181-182



• Book reviews, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 149-158



• Book reviews, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 118-124
• Book reviews, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/4 (1997), pp. 67-69
• Book reviews, in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/1 (1991), pp. 70-72
• Book reviews, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/3 (1997), pp. 67-72
• Book reviews, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/2 (1997), pp. 68-72
• Book reviews, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/1 (1997), pp. 65-71
• Book reviews, in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/3 (1996), pp. 69-72
• Book reviews, in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/2 (1996), pp. 64-71
• Book review, in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/1 (1996), pp. 66-68
• Book and software review, in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/3 (1995), pp. 68-71
• Book and software review, in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/2 (1995), pp. 62-71
• Book review, in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/1 (1995), pp. 68-72
• H. Braam & M. Vandamme, 'A robust and versatile solution for the digital publication of manuscript materials', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/2 (1996), pp. 51-55
• Adrian Brockett, Aspects of the physical transmission of the Qur`an in 19th-century Sudan: Script, binding, decoration and paper, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 45-67
• C.G. Brouwer, Rediscovered after more than three centuries. Pieter van de Broecke`s original Resolutieboeck concerning Dutch trade in North-West India, Persia and Southern Arabia, 1620-1625, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 61-71
• Jan Brugman, al-Dirasat al-`Arabiyya fi Hulanda, in: Nikolaos van Dam (ed.), Hulanda wal-`Alam al-`Arabi mundhu al-Qurun al-Wusta hatta al-Qarn al-`Ishrin. al-`Ulum, al-Lugha, al-Tigara, al-Thaqafa wal-Fann. Lochem 1987, pp. 8-18 (in Arabic)
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• Jan Brugman, De Arabische Studiën in Nederland, in: Nikolaos van Dam (ed.), Nederland en de Arabische wereld. Van Middeleeuwen tot twintigste eeuw. Wetenschap, taal, handel, cultuur, kunst. Lochem 1987, pp. 8-18 (in Dutch)
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• J.T.P. de Bruijn, The transmission of early Persian ghazals (with special reference to the Divan of Sana'i, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 27-31
• Al-Husayn Bu Zaynab, Li-madha kutibat 'Agamiyyat al-Muriskiyyin bi-Huruf `Arabiyya, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 99-112
• M.G. Carter, The Platonic edition. Some consequences of computer editing for text-based scholarship in Arabic grammar, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/4 (1997), pp. 54-58
• Kevin J. Cathcart, Writing and writing materials in the ancient Near East, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 6-8
• Bruno Chiesa, Some remarks on textual criticism and the editing of Hebrew texts, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 138-144
• Richard S. Cooper, Guide to using Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, in Mela Notes 3 (1974), as Basic Reference Outline Series Nr. 1
• Hans Daiber, New manuscript materials relevant to the history of Arabic literature, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 101-119
• Hans Daiber, An Arabic manuscript library: some important discoveries, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 18-36
• Hans Daiber, New manuscript findings from Indian libraries, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 26-48
• M. van Damme & H. Braam, In search of formal identity and difference: considerations based on collating some Turkic manuscripts, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 32-40
• F. Déroche, Istanbul seen from Cairo, in Irvin Cemil Schick (ed.), M. Ugur Derman Festschrift. Papers presented on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. Istanbul (Sabanci Üniversitesi) 2000. pp. 261-270
• François Déroche, La paléographie des écritures livresques dans le domaine arabe, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 28 (printemps 1996), pp. 1-8
• François Déroche, O. Houdas et les écritures maghrébines, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 75-81
• F. Déroche, The Qur'an of Amagur, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 59-66
• F. Déroche, Les manuscrits arabes datés du IIIe/IXe siècle, in Revue des Études Islamiques 55-57 (1987-1989), pp. 343-379
• T.P. Deryagina & O.B. Frolova, Antoni Muchlinski and his collection of Arabic manuscripts in the St. Petersburg University Library, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/4 (1997), pp. 46-48, 50-51
• Devin DeWeese, A note on manuscripts of the Zubdat al-athar, a Chaghatay Turkic History from sixteenth-century Mawarannahr, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 96-100
• F.Th. Dijkema, On editing epigraphy in Arabic script. A suggested form of editorial presentation, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 129-137
• Editorial Board of Manuscripta Orientalia, Lives devoted to learning, in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/1 (1999), pp. 3-6
• Barbara Flemming, Wolfgang Voigt (1911-1982) and the cataloguing of Oriental manuscripts in Germany, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 103-104
• Barbara Flemming, The Union Catalogue of Manuscripts in Turkey. Türkiye yazmalari toplu katalogu (tüyatok), in MME 1 (1986), pp. 109-110



• Barbara Flemming, From archetype to oral tradition: editing Persian and Turkish literary texts, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 7-11
• O.B. Frolova, 'Some notes on the Arabic manuscripts and collections in the Library of the Oriental Faculty of the St. Petersburg University', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/2 (1996), pp. 36-43
• Adam Gacek, Ibn Abi Hamidah's didactic poem for bookbinders, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 41-58
• Adam Gacek, Arabic bookmaking and terminology as portrayed by Bakr al-Ishbili in his Kitab al-taysir fi sina`at al-tasfir, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 106-113
• Adam Gacek, The diploma of the Egyptian calligrapher Hasan al-Rushdi, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 44-55
• Adam Gacek, Arabic scripts and their characteristics as seen through the eyes of Mamluk authors, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 144-149
• Adam Gacek, Al-Nuwayri`s classification of Arabic scripts, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 126-130
• Adam Gacek, Ownership statements and seals in Arabic manuscripts, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 88-95
• Adam Gacek, The use of `kabikaj` in Arabic manuscripts, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 49-53
• Adam Gacek, A select bibliography of Arabic language publications concerning Arabic manuscripts, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 106-108
• Mordechai Glatzer,, Early Babylonian Hebrew Manuscripts, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 27 (automne 1995), pp. 19-24
• Natasa Golob,, Bibliotheken im Krieg (ehemaliges Jugoslawien, 1991-1995), in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 28 (printemps 1996), pp. 38-43
• Yves Gonzalez-Quijano, L'édition dans le monde arabe. L'Égypte comme une sorte de modèle', in Jacques Michon & Jean-Yves Mollier (eds.), Les mutations du livre et de l'édition dans le monde du XVIIIe siècle à l'an 2000. Actes du colloque international Sherbrooke 2000, Saint-Nicolas/Paris 2001, pp. 399-406
• John A.C. Greppin, A trilingual Armenian pharmaceutical lexicon, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 69-73
• Adolf Grohmann, 'The problem of dating early Qur'ans', in: Der Islam, 33 (1958) pp. 213-231
• Adolf Grohmann, 'Arabische Papyri aus den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin', in: Der Islam, 22 (1935) p. 1-68
• Alexander H. de Groot, Source materials for the history of the Middle East in the General State Archives (A.R.A.) of The Netherlands at The Hague, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 8-14
• Marie-Geneviève Guesdon, L'assemblage des cahiers: Remarques à propos d'un échantillon de manuscrits arabes récemment catalogués, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 57-68
• J.P. Gumbert, Les outils du copiste, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 32 (printemps 1997), pp. 1-7
• J.P. Gumbert, Teaching the medieval book in Holland, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 29 (automne 1996), pp. 18-23
• Dimitri Gutas, Notes and texts from Cairo manuscripts, II. Texts from Avicenna`s Library in a copy by `Abd al-Razzaq al-Sighnakhi, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 8-17



• J.G.J. ter Haar, The collected letters of Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 41-44
• A. Hamilton, 'Nam tirones sumus'. Franciscus Raphelengius' Lexicon Arabico-Latinum (Leiden 1613)', in: De Gulden Passer 66-67 (1988-1989), pp. 557-589. (On pp. 586-588 is: 'Appendix. Raphelengius' Arabic Manuscripts in the Leiden University Library'). = Marcus de Schepper & Francine de Nave (edd.), Ex Officina Plantiniana. Studia in memoriam Christophori Plantini (ca. 1520-1589). Antwerpen 1989.
• Jacqueline Hamesse, Le repérage des manuscrits à l'aide d’une base de données d'incipits, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 31-45
• John F. Healey, Nabataean to Arabic. Calligraphy and script development among the pre-Islamic Arabs, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 41-52
• Geneviève Humbert, Le Kitab de Sibawayhi d'après l'autographe d'un grammairien andalou du XIIe siècle, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 9-20
• Sh.M. Iakerson, An unknown list of Hebrew books, in Manuscripta Orientalia 4/1 (1998), pp. 17-25
• Abdelouahab Jahdani, A propos d'un traité inédit de méthodologie juridique; les masa'il al-khilaf fi usul al-fiqh de Saymari (Problèmes de divergence en méthodologie juridique, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 115-121
• A.G.P. Janson, Karaitic and Rashi manuscripts sold at Sotheby's auction, June 26th 1984, as compared to the holdings of Leiden University Library, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 78-85
• Robert Jones, Piracy, war and the acquisition of Arabic manuscripts in Renaissance Europe, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 96-110
• Robert Jones, Thomas Erpenius (1584-1624) on the value of the Arabic language, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 15-25



• Frederick De Jong, The iconography of Bektashiism. A survey of themes and symbolism in clerical costume, liturgical objects and pictorial art, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 7-29
• Frederick de Jong & Jan Just Witkam, The Library of al-Shaykh Khalid al-Shahrazuri al- Naqshbandi (d. 1242/1827). A facsimile of the inventory of his library (MS Damascus, Maktabat al-Asad No. 259), in MME 2 (1987), pp. 68-87



• Braulio Justel Calabozo, El manuscrito aljamiado de El Escorial No 1880, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 83-88
• J. Karabacek, 'Das arabische Papier', in Mittheilungen Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer 2-3 (1887), pp. 87-178



• Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, The transmission history of a text of joint authorship, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 45-53



• Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh, The long road to a critical text of the Shahname, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 54-59
• Omar Khalidi, A Guide to Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu Manuscript Libraries in India, in MELA Notes 75-76 (Fall 2002-Spring 2003), pp. 1-59
• A.B. Khalidov, 'An Arabic composite manuscript of tales from the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/1 (1999), pp. 63-69
• A.B. Khalidov, 'A unique 14th century literary anthology manuscript from Baghdad', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/2 (1996), pp. 56-61
• Geoffrey A. Khan, Standardisation and variation in the orthography of Hebrew Bible and Arabic Qur'an manuscripts, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 53-58
• Geoffrey A. Khan, The Arabic fragments in the Cambridge Genizah collections, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 54-60
• Raif Georges Khoury, Importance de 'Abd Allaah ibn Lahi'a (97-174/715-790), juge d'Egypte, et de sa bibliothèque privée dans la codification et diffusion des livres des deux premiers siècles islamiques, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 105-114
• S.G. Klyashtorny, About one Khazar title in Ibn Fadlan, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/3 (1997), pp. 22-23
• Graziano Krätli, The Book and the Sand: Restoring and Preserving the Ancient Desert Libraries of Mauritania.
  pt. 1 , in World Libraries Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2004); pt. 2 , in World Libraries Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2004).
• Miroslav Krek, Some observations on printing Arabic in America and by Americans abroad, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 71-87
• Gunay Kut, Some aspects of the cataloguing of Turkish manuscripts, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 58-68
• K. Lagally, 'Using TEX as a tool in the editing of multi-lingual sources', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/2 (1995), pp. 40-46
• Jacob M. Landau & Manfred Woidich, The Baladiyyat Ahmad ilFar. A note on a modern Egyptian manuscript text, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 59-70
• Stefan Leder Spoken word and written text. Meaning and social significance of the institution of riwaya. Tokyo 2002 (Islamic Area Studies. Working Paper Series No. 31)
• Herman de Leeuw, The first Dutch-Indonesian treaty. A rediscovered Arabic translation by Franciscus Raphelengius, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 115-122
• G.V. Lezin, K.K. Boyarsky, E.A. Kanevsky & A.I. Popova, Programming of Texts Conceptual Treatment, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/2 (1997), pp. 42-48
• Rosamond McKitterick, The Teaching of Palaeography in Great Britain, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 26 (printemps 1995), pp. 36-42
• Muhammad al-Mannuni, Taqniyyat I'dad al-Makhtut al-`Arabi, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 11-20;
• Muhammad al-Mannuni, Taqniyyat I'dad al-Makhtut al-`Arabi, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 21-32

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• Tables of contents of all volumes, from No. 1/1 (1995) onwards.

NB. THESA, the publisher of Manuscripta Orientalia, has given permission to include in this website read-only versions of all articles on Islamic manuscripts which have appeared in Manuscripta Orientalia . For further information see the site of Manuscripta Orientalia.
• Manuela Marín & David Waines, The balanced way. Food for pleasure and health in medieval Islam, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 123-132
• Nicholas N. Martinovitch, 'Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts in the Columbia University Library', in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 49 (1929), pp. 219-233
• Zeina Matar & Ingrid Heck, A nineteenth-century Ottoman firman issued to the Greek-Orthodox Millet of Duma al-Sham, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 158-164
• Zeina Matar, The earthquake of 1872 in Antioch. A documentary record of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 40-44
• A. Matveev, 'Sakhr bilingual OCR (al-Qari' al-Ali). A user's initial impressions', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/3 (1995), pp. 48-54
• B.C. McGing, An unusual monastic agreement from Byzantine Egypt, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 20-25
• A. Muminov, The fund of Arabographic manuscripts in the Museum Trust "Azret-Sultan" in the city of Turkestan, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/2 (1997), pp. 39-41
• U. Neddermeyer, Why were there no riots of the scribes? First results of a quantitative analysis of the book-production in the century of Gutenberg, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 31 (automne 1997), pp. 1-8
• U. Neddermeyer, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer quantitaven Bestimmung der Buchproduktion im Spätmittelalter, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 28 (printemps 1998), pp. 23-32
• J.C.T. Oates, 'The manuscripts of Thomas Erpenius', in: The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, Occasional Publication 1 (Melbourne 1974), pp. 1-17
• Paola Orsatti, 'Il manoscritto come specchio di una cultura: il caso dell'Islam', in: Gazette du Livre Médiéval 24 (printemps 1994), pp. 1-7
• Nurit Pasternak and M. Beit-Arié, In quest of the enigmatic ruling device. Further observations on prickings in ink-ruled Italian manuscripts, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 35 (automne 1999), pp. 10-16
• Nurit Pasternak, On word division in Judeo-Italian manuscripts, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 29 (automne 1996), pp. 37-38
• Jürgen Paul, A study of manuscripts of al-Safadi's al-Wafi bi'l-Wafayat in Istanbul libraries, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 120-128
• Mauro Perani, La "Ghenizàh" italiana. Migliaia di frammenti ebraici rinvenuti negli archivi italiani, in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 26 (printemps 1995), pp. 18-26
• I.E. Petrosyan, 'On three anonymous Turkish manuscripts from the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies Collection. The problem of authorship', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/1 (1995), pp. 17-20
• I.E. Petrosyan, 'An illustrated Turkish manuscript of "Iskender-Name" by Ahmedi', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/2 (1995), pp. 47-61
• Ute Pietruschka, The relationship of Arabic with Ethiopian gnomologia. Remarks on a projected edition, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 88-95
• Val. V. Polosin, 'All is numbers? An unknown numerical component in the design of medieval Arabic manuscripts', in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/1 (1999), pp. 7-11
• Vladimir Polosin, 'Two late eighteenth-century Ottoman fiscal documents from the manuscript collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies', in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/4 (1997), pp. 30-34
• Val. Polosin & E. Rezvan, 'To the CD-ROM edition of the St. Petersburg Arabic Bible', in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/2 (1997), pp. 40-47
• Val. V. Polosin, 'Arabic manuscripts: Text density and its convertibility in copies of the same work', in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/2 (1997), pp. 3-17
• Val. V. Polosin, 'Frontispices on scale canvas in Arabic manuscripts', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/1 (1996), pp. 5-19
• Val. V. Polosin, 'Muslim bindings with al-Khalidiyani double borders', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/2 (1996), pp. 9-12
• Val. V. Polosin & Efim A. Rezvan, 'The Asiatic Museum Project. 1. Data-base on Muslim seals', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/1 (1995), pp. 53-55
• Val. V. Polosin, 'To the method of describing illuminated Arabic manuscripts', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/2 (1995), pp. 16-21
• Valeri V. Polosin, Sahifat al-Makhtut al-'Arabi ka-Mawdu' lil-Bahth wal-Wasf, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 57-60
• S.M. Prozorov, 'A unique manuscript of a biographical dictionary by a Khorezmian author', in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/2 (1999), pp. 9-17
• Wim Raven, The manuscripts and editions of Ibn Dawud's Kitab al-Zahra, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 133-137
• E.A. Rezvan, The Qur'an and its world. IX. The triumph of diversity: Muslim exegesis', in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/2 (1999), pp. 37-57
• E.A. Rezvan, The Qur'an and its world. VIII/2. West-Östlichen Divans (the Qur'an in Russia)', in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/1 (1999), pp. 32-62
• E.A. Rezvan, The Qur'an and its world. IV. "Raise not your voices above the Prophet's voice" (Society, power and etiquette norms), in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/4 (1997), pp. 35-44
• E.A. Rezvan, The Qur'an and its world. III. "Echoings of Universal Harmonies" (Prophetic revelation, Religious inspiration, Occult practices), in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/3 (1997), pp. 11-21
• E.A. Rezvan, The Qur'an and its world. II. The miracle of the book (The Qur'an and pre-Islamic literature), in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/1 (1997), pp. 25-32
• E.A. Rezvan, 'The Qur'an and its world. I. The problem of reconstructing ancient Arabian cosmogonic and anthropogenetic lore', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/4 (1996), pp. 31-34
• E.A. Rezvan & N.S. Kondibaev, 'New tool for analysis of handwritten script', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/3 (1996), pp. 43-53
• Hellmut Ritter, Datierung durch Brüche, in Oriens 1 (1948), pp. 237-247
• James M. Robinson, The Pachomian Monastic Library at the Chester Beatty Library and the Bibliothèque Bodmer, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 26-40
• P. Roochnik, 'Itisalat OCR discussion', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/3 (1995), pp. 58-62
• Franz Rosenthal, "Blurbs" (Taqriz) from fourteenth-century Egypt, in Oriens 27-28 (1981), pp. 177-196
• Solveigh Rumpf-Dorner, 'Bei der Feder und bei dem, was sie schreiben.... Schreiben und Schreibgerät im islamischen Kulturkreis', in: Christian Gastgeber & Hermann Harrauer (eds.) Vom Griffel zum Kultobjekt. 3000 Jahre Geschichte des Schreibgerätes. Phoibos Verlag, Wien 2001, pp. 51-64. This article was included by special permission of the publisher.

• A.A. Sadykhova, 'A manuscript of "Tales of some lovers of the past" in the collection of the Oriental Faculty of the St. Petersburg University', in Manuscripta Orientalia 4/1 (1998), pp. 9-16
• O.P. Scheglova, 'Lithograph versions of Persian manuscripts of Indian manufacture in the nineteenth century', in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/1 (1999), pp. 12-22
• Jan Schmidt, Some remarks on the textual history of a famous late sixteenth-century world history: the case of Mustafa 'Ali's Kunhu 'l-ahbar, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 69-72
• Gudrun Schubert, A Ritter memorial in Istanbul, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 136-143
• Gudrun Schubert, The textual history of the correspondence between Sadr ad-din-i Kunawi and Nasir ad-din-i Tusi, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 73-78
• Klaus Schwartz, Dieter Georg, 1935-1985. An obituary notice, in MME 1 (1986), p. 105
• Rudolf Sellheim, The cataloguing of Arabic manuscripts as a literary problem, in Oriens 23-24 (1974), pp. 306-311
• Ahmad Shahlan, al-Makhtut al-'Ibri. Sura min Suwar al-Ma'arif al-Yahudiyya al-Wasitiyya, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 61-71
• A.R. Shikhsaidov & A.B. Khalidov, Manuscripts of al-Ghazali's work in Daghestan, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/3 (1997), pp. 11-21
• S.M. Stern, A manuscript from the Library of the Ghaznawid Amir `Abd al-Rashid, in R. Pinder-Wilson (ed.) Paintings from Islamic lands. Oxford 1969, pp. 7-31
• S.M. Stern, Some noteworthy manuscripts of the poems of Abu`l-`Ala` al-Ma`arri, in Oriens 7 (1954), pp. 327-347
• T.I. Sultanov, 'Authors and authorship in Persian and Turkic historical writings, in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/1 (1999), pp. 24-26
• T.I. Sultanov, 'Turkic versions of the Tarikh-i Rashidi in the manuscript collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies', in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/4 (1997), pp. 17-29
• T.I. Sultanov, 'Mu`izz al-Ansab and spurious Chingizids', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/3 (1996), pp. 3-7
• T.I. Sultanov, 'Medieval historiography in manuscripts from East Turkestan', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/1 (1996), pp. 25-30
• T.I. Sultanov, 'The structure of Islamic history book. The method of analysis', in Manuscripta Orientalia 1/3 (1995), pp. 16-21
• ZerenTanindi, Manuscript production in the Ottoman Palace workshop, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 67-98
• Andreas Tietze, Principles and practice of editing Ottoman texts in historical perspective, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 79-82
• N.N. Tumanovich, An Indian collection of Persian folk tales, in Manuscripta Orientalia 4/1 (1998), pp. 3-8
• Bo Utas, The Munajat or Ilahi-namah of 'Abdu'llah Ansari, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 83-87
• Daniel Martin Varisco, Medieval agricultural texts from Rasulid Yemen, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 150-154
• E.I. Vasilyeva, 'The first Persian, French and Russian editions of the Sharafnama', in Manuscripta Orientalia 5/1 (1999), pp. 27-32
• O.V. Vasilyeva, 'The National Library of Russia. New acquisitions of Oriental manuscripts in 1992-1996', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/4 (1996), pp. 35-47
• O.V. Vasilyeva, 'Oriental manuscripts in the National Library of Russia', in Manuscripta Orientalia 2/2 (1996), pp. 19-35
• Jean Vezin, Les cahiers dans les manuscrits latins du haut Moyen Age, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 47-55
• Maria Jésus Viguera, Ba'd al-Mulahazat 'an al-Makhtutat al-'Arabiyya al-Maktuba bil-'Agamiyya lil-Muslimin fi Qashtala wa-Aragon, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, Arabic part, pp. 113-129
• Muhammad Isa Waley, Islamic manuscripts in the British Royal Collection. A concise catalogue, in MME 6 (1994), pp. 5-40
• David Wasserstein, The library of al-Hakam II al-Mustansir and the culture of Islamic Spain, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 99-105
• Max Weisweiler, Das Amt des Mustamli in der Arabischen Wissenschaft, in Oriens 4 (1951), pp. 27-57
• Max Weisweiler, Arabische Schreiberverse, in R. Paret (ed), Orientalische Studien Enno Littmann zu seinem 60. Geburtstag am 16. September 1935 überreicht [...]. Leiden 1935, pp. 101-120
• G.A. Wiegers, Les manuscrits en écriture arabe et langue espagnole (dits "aljamiados"), in Gazette du Livre Médiéval 30 (printemps 1997), pp. 1-7
• G.A. Wiegers, Datation et localisation des codices espagnols écrits en caractères arabes (Aljamiado): Problèmes et perspectives, in: Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 21-30
• Jan Just Witkam, The battle of the images. Mekka vs. Medina in the iconography of the manuscripts of al-Jazuli`s Dala`il al-Khayrat in Beiruter Texte und Studien 111 (2007), pp. 67-82, 295-299
• Jan Just Witkam, `Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje. A tour d`horizon of his life and work`, in Arnoud Vrolijk and Hans van de Velde, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), Orientalist. Leiden (Leiden University Library) 2007, pp. 11-31.
• Jan Just Witkam, 'Twenty-nine rules for Qur'an copying. A set of rules for the lay-out of a nineteenth-century Ottoman Qur'an manuscript', in: Jan Schmidt (ed.), Essays in honour of Barbara Flemming vol. 2 = Journal of Turkish Studies, vol. 26/1 (2002), pp. 339-348.
• Jan Just Witkam, The son's copy. Remarks on a contemporary manuscript of Ibn `Asakir's History of the City of Damascus`, in Essays in honour of Salah al-Din al-Munajjid, London 1423/2002, pp. 591-610.
• J.J. Witkam, `Awamil-i Insani miyan-i Matn u Khananda. Igaza dar Nuskhaha-yi Khatti-yi `Arabi, in: Nama-yi Baharistan No. 1/1 (Spring-Summer 2000), pp. 110-101).
  (Farsi translation of: The human element between text and reader. The Ijaza in Arabic manuscripts, in Yasin Dutton (ed.), The codicology of Islamic manuscripts. London 1995, pp. 123-136).

• Jan Just Witkam, The human element between text and reader. The Ijaza in Arabic manuscripts, in Yasin Dutton (ed.), The codicology of Islamic manuscripts. London 1995, pp. 123-136
• Jan Just Witkam, Les autographes d'al-Maqrizi, in Ahmed-Chouqui Binebine (ed.), Le manuscrit arabe et la codicologie. Rabat 1994, pp. 89-98
• Jan Just Witkam, Lists of books in Arabic manuscripts, in MME 5 (1990-1991), pp. 123-136
• Jan Just Witkam, Hasan Kafi al-Aqhisari and his Nizam al-'Ulama' ila Katam al-Anbiya'. A facsimile edition of MS Bratislava TF 136, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 85-114
• Jan Just Witkam, Manuscripts & Manuscripts, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 155-180

6. Qur`an fragments from Dawran (Yemen) (pp. 155-174).
7. Arabic manuscripts in distress. The Frankfurter facsimile series (pp. 156-180).
• Jan Just Witkam, Modern Arabic manuscripts in the National Library of Tunis, in MME 4 (1989), pp. 56-66



• Jan Just Witkam, Le projet de publication de la Concordance et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane. Une retrospective, in Wim Raven and Jan Just Witkam, Concordance et Indices de la Tradition Musulmane, tome 8, Leiden 1988, pp. vii-x
• Jan Just Witkam, Establishing the stemma: fact or fiction?, in MME 3 (1988), pp. 88-101
• Jan Just Witkam, Verzamelingen van Arabische Handschriften en Boeken in Nederland, in: Nikolaos van Dam (ed.), Nederland en de Arabische Wereld. Van Middeleeuwen tot Twintigste Eeuw. Wetenschap, taal, handel, cultuur, kunst. Lochem 1987, pp. 19-29 (in Dutch)
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• Jan Just Witkam, Magmu`at al-Makhtutat wal-Matbu`at al-`Arabiyya fi Hulanda, in: Nikolaos van Dam (ed.), Hulanda wal-`Alam al-`Arabi mundhu al-Qurun al-Wusta hatta al-Qarn al-`Ishrin. al-`Ulum, al-Lugha, al-Tigara, al-Thaqafa wal-Fann. Lochem 1987, pp. 19-29 (in Arabic)
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• Jan Just Witkam & A.G.P. Janson, Multi-Lingual Scholar and Font Scholar. A word-processor and a tool for font design for the student of Oriental languages. A test, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 131-147
• Jan Just Witkam, Ibn al-Akfani (d. 749/1348) and his bibliography of the sciences, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 37-41
• Jan Just Witkam, Manuscripts & Manuscripts, in MME 2 (1987), pp. 111-125

4. Research facilities for manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (pp. 111-115).
5. Manuscripts in print. Some Arabic examples (pp. 115-125).


• Jan Just Witkam, Manuscripts of the Middle East. An introduction and a programme, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 5-7



• Jan Just Witkam, The Kitab Qam` al-Washin fi Dhamm al-Barrashin by Nur al-Din `Ali b. al-Gazzar. A facsimile of the unique manuscript, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 86-99



• Jan Just Witkam, Manuscripts & Manuscripts, in MME 1 (1986), pp. 111-117
  1. The 'lost' manuscripts of al-Baladhuri's Kitab Futuh al-Buldan (p. 111).
  2. The peregrinations of the unique manuscript of Ibn al-Kattani`s Kitab al-Tashbihat (pp. 111-115).
  3. A second manuscript of al-Husri`s Kitab al-Masun fi Sirr al-Hawa al-Maknun (pp. 115-117)



• A. Wouters, From papyrus roll to papyrus codex. Some technical aspects of the ancient book fabrication, in MME 5 (1990), pp. 9-19



• O.M. Yastrebova, Reconstruction and description of Mirza Muhammad Muqim's collection of manuscripts in the National Library of Russia, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/3 (1997), pp. 24-38
• P. Zemanek, Corpus linguistics and Arabic, in Manuscripta Orientalia 3/3 (1997), pp. 46-51

Monographs:

• Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Agurri, Akhlaq al-`Ulama'. Ed. Abu `Abdallah al-Dani b. Munir Al Zahawi. Bayrut 1425/2005
• al-Ab Antwan Daw' al-Antuni, Al-Shaykh Nasib Makarim. Fannan al-Khatt wal-Lawn. Baabda 1971
• George N. Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World. The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East . Albany 1995

Abulkâsim. Ein bagdâder Sittenbild von Muhammad ibn ahmad abulmutahhar alazdi. Mit Anmerkungen herausgegeben von Adam Mez. Heidelberg (Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung) 1902. (Title on Arabic title-page:) Hikayat Abi al-Qasim, ta'lif Muhammad b. Ahmad Abi al-Mutahhar al-Azdi. Tubi'a bi-Matba'at Carl Winter fi Heidelberg, sanat 1902.
introduction, pp. i-xxxv, introduction, pp. xxxvi-lxx, Arabic text, pp. 146-100, Arabic text, pp. 99-50, Arabic text, pp. 49-00.

• Layla Baratzada, Khushniwisi dar Iran. Teheran 1384 [2005-2006] (text in Persian, English title-page: Leyli Baratzadeh, Calligraphy in Iran)

• A.F.L.Beeston, Arabic nomenclature. A summary guide for beginners. Oxford 1971
• Sane Chifri, Manuscrits anciens de Tombouctou / Ancient Manuscripts of Timbuktu. Traduction Sally Laruelle. Tombouctou 2006
.
• Ibn Kutaiba's Adab-al-Kâtib. Nach mehreren Handschriften herausgegeben von Max Grünert. Leiden (E.J. Brill) 1900, 11, 703 pp.
  Introduction, pp. 1-11
; text, pp. 1-20; pp. 21-49; pp. 50-89; pp. 90-129; pp. 130-169; pp. 170-209; pp. 210-233; pp. 233-269; pp. 270-309; pp. 310-333; pp. 333-359; pp. 360-399; pp. 400-439; pp. 440-479; pp. 480-519; pp. 520-559; pp. 560-599; pp. 600-639; pp. 640-654; pp. 655-703.
• Ibn Qutayba, Adab al-Katib. Ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din `Abd al-Hamid. Cairo, 2nd edition (al-Maktaba al-Tigariyya al-Kubra) 1377/1958, 16, 511 pp.
  Introduction, pp. 1-16

text, pp. 1-30; pp. 31-60; pp. 61-100; pp. 101-140; pp. 141-180; pp. 181-220; pp. 221-250; pp. 251-300; pp. 301-336; pp. 337-360; pp. 361-400; pp. 401-440; pp. 441-480; pp. 481-511.
• Abu Ga`far al-Nahhas, Sina`at al-Kuttab. Bayrut 1410/1990
• al-Nawawi, al-Tibyan fi Adab Hamalat al-Qur'an. Cairo 1353/1934
.
With in the margin: Fath al-Karim al-Mannan fi Adab Hamalat al-Qur'an, by 'Ali b. Muhammad al-Dabba' al-Misri.
• Johannes Pedersen, The Arabic book. Cambridge (Mass.) 1984
• Qadi Ahmad, Calligraphers and painters. Washington 1959
• Qudama b. Ga`far, al-Dawawin fi Kitab al-Kharag wa-Sina`at al-Kitaba. Amman 1986
• D.S. Rice , The Unique Ibn al-Bawwab Manuscript. Paris n.d. [c. 1983)
• Qasim al-Samarrai, `Ilm al-Iktinah al-Islami al-`Arabi. Arabic Islamic Palaeography & Codicology. al-Riyadh 1422/2001
• Mahmud Muhammad al-Tanahi, Madkhal ila Tarikh Nashr al-Turath al-`Arabi, ma`a Muhadara `an al-Tashif wal-Tahrif. Cairo 1984
• Walter Scheithauer, Islamische Schriftdenkmäler in Österreich. Überlegungen zu ihrer Erfassung und Erschliessung. (Unpublished thesis) Krems 2000
• Muhammad b. Hasan al-Tibi, Gami` Mahasin Kitabat al-Kuttab, ed. Salah al-Din al-Munaggid. Bayrut 1962
• EugeniusTisserant, Specimina Codicum Orientalium, Bonn 1914
• N.N. Vorobyova, Zemnoye iskusstvo. Nebesnaya krasota (Iskusstvo islama) St. Petersburg 2000
• H.J. Witkam, Johannes van Hell en het Legatum Warnerianum, in: Dagelijkse Zaken van de Leidse Universiteit, van 1581 tot1596, 6e deel, 2e stuk (with summary in English). Leiden 1973, 10 pp.
• Jan Just Witkam, Van Leiden naar Damascus en weer terug. Over vormen van islamitische lees- en leercultuur. Leiden 2003, pp. 1-32
• Jan Just Witkam, Vroomheid en activisme in een islamitisch gebedenboek. De geschiedenis van de Dala'il al-Khayrat van al-Gazuli. Leiden (Legatum Warnerianum) 2002, 247 pp.
  Voorwoord, inleiding: pp. 1-16
; De Dala'il al-Khayrat: ter inleiding, de auteur, andere geschriften door al-Gazuli, al-Gazuli's spirituele voorouders en nazaten, al-Gazuli tot op de dag van vandaag vereerd, een westerse studie over al-Gazuli, al-Gazuli's gebedenboek, regels voor het reciteren van de Dala'il al-Khayrat, de namen van de Profeet Muhammad: pp. 16-62; De 'Gezegende Tuin', het graf van `Isa b. Maryam in Medina, de graven van de Profeet Muhammad en zijn opvolgers, de strijd tegen de ongelovigen, de illustraties in de Dala'il al-Khayrat, islamitische kritiek op de Dala'il al-Khayrat, andere controversiële elementen in de Dala'il al-Khayrat, de Dala'il al-Khayrat in de moderne wereld: pp. 63-113; Al-Gazuli in cyberspace, de rituele context van de Dala'il al-Khayrat: pp. 114-137; Een corpus van handschriften: pp. 137-161; Een corpus van gedrukten: pp. 161-217; Excursus I, excursus II, geciteerde literatuur: pp. 218-247.

Jan Just Witkam, De Egyptische arts Ibn al-Akfani (gest. 749/1348) en zijn indeling van de wetenschappen. Editie van het Kitab Irsad al-Qasid ila Asna al-Maqasid met een inleiding over het leven en werk van de auteur. Leiden (Ter Lugt Pers) 1989, 462 pp.
Woord vooraf, inhoud, ter inleiding: pp. 1-16; English summary: pp. 17-22; Leven en werk van Ibn al-Akfani: pp. 23-51; Leven en werk van Ibn al-Akfani: pp. 52-108; De handschriften van de Irsad al-Qasid: pp. 109-145; De handschriften van de Irsad al-Qasid: pp. 146-170; Overzicht van de inhoud van Ibn al-Akfan's Irsad al-Qasid ila Asna al-Maqasid: pp. 171-221; Aantekeningen op de Irsad al-Qasid: pp. 222-240; Het bibliografische materiaal in de Irsad al-Qasid, de invloed van de Irsad al-Qasid op de latere encyclopedische en bibliografische literatuur: pp. 241-278; Lijst van geciteerde en gebruikte publicaties: pp. 279-297; Register op de inleiding, register op de in de inleiding geciteerde en gebruikte handschriften: pp. 298-323; Register op de de persoons- en plaatsnamen in de Arabische tekst, bibliografisch register op de Arabische tekst: pp. 324-366; Register op de Koran-citaten in de Arabische tekst, kritisch apparaat: pp. 367-394; Irsad al-Qasid, arabische tekst (pp. 1-29): pp. 462-436; Irsad al-Qasid, arabische tekst (pp. 30-70): pp. 435-395.

• Jan Just Witkam, Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden and other collections in The Netherlands. A general introduction to the catalogue. Leiden 1982
• Jan Just Witkam, Seven Specimens of Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden. Leiden 1978

Museum Cuficum Borgianum Velitris. Illustravit Iacobus Georgius Christianus Adler Altonanus. Romae, apud Antonium Fulgonium. MDCCLXXXII
pp. i-viii, pp. 1-36; pp. 37-86; pp. 87-146; pp. 147-172, tables i-xii.
Pp. 1-92: Dissertatio praeliminaris de nummis Cuficis (followed by descriptions of Borgia's numismatic collection); pp. 93-98: Quotations from al-Maqrizi's treatise on Islamic numismatics; pp. 99-102: Sigilla arabica (On Islamic seals); pp. 103-151: Monumentum Cuficum Drusorum (On the Druze people); pp. 152-160: Supplement.
• Dissertatio inauguralis exhibens miscellaneas aliquot observationes medicas ex Arabum monumentis, [...] ex auctoritate [...] Hieronymi Davidis Gaubii ... Publico examini submittit Joann Jacob Reiske. (Leiden 1746)
• J.J. Reiske, Dissertatio de principibus Muhammedanis qui aut ab eruditione aut ab amore literarum et literatorum claruerunt. (Leipzig 1747)
• Dissertatio de gemmis Arabicis. Adrian Reland on Islamic seals (Utrecht 1708)

Franz Rosenthal, The technique and approach of Muslim scholarship. Rome 1947 (Analecta Orientalia, No. 24)

• pp. 1-5. I. Prelims and introduction


• pp. 6-40. II. The written word as the basis of knowledge


• pp. 41-59. III. The critical approach


• pp. 60-74. IV. Research, development, and progress

Rotulus. A Bulletin for manuscript-collectors. Edited by E. von Scherling, Leyden (Holland)


• vol. 1, No. 1 (1931).


• vol. 1, No. 2 (April 1931) (Nos. 1126-1174). The copy of Prof. Jacques van der Vliet, Leiden.


• vol. 1, No. 3 (1931)


• vol. 1, No. 4 (1931)


• vol. 2, No. 1 (March 1932)
(Nos. 1315-1366)

• vol. 2, No. 2 (June 1932)
(Nos. 1367-1423)

• vol. 2, Nos. 3/4 (October 1932) (Nos. 1425-1557). The copy of Prof. Jacques van der Vliet, Leiden.


• vol. 3, No. 1 (February 1933)
(Nos. 1560-1614)

• vol. 3, No. 2 (June 1933)
(Nos. 1615-1719, and several earlier numbers)

• vol. 4 (Winter 1937)
(Nos. 1829-2049)

• vol. 5 (1949)
(Nos. 2050-2287)

• Catalogue No. 46 (November 1951)
Catalogue of autograph letters, manuscripts and historical documents (Nos. 1-152)

• Catalogue No. 48. (March 1952): Antiquities (Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Pre-historic).


• Catalogue No. 49 (November 1951): Autograph letters, manuscripts and historical documents


• vol. 6 (1952)
. (Nos. 2288-2468). Note that this number of Rotulus contains Von Scherling's sales catalogues Nos. 47 and 50. The copy of Leiden University Library, 9657 B 36.

• Catalogue No. 51. (March 1952): Autograph letters, manuscripts and historical documents concerning The Netherlands.


• vol. 7 (1954)
(Nos. 2473-2624)
More numbers of Rotulus and of other catalogues of Erik von Scherling will be added to this website in due course. Whoever has numbers of this rare publication in his or her possession is kindly requested to mention this to the moderator of this site.
N.B. See on E. von Scherling and his collections now also: Marja Bakker, Alette Bakkers, and Klaas Worp, 'Back to Oegstgeest. The von Scherling Papyrus Collection. Some von Scherling Texts in Minnesota', in: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 44 (2007) pp. 41-73 (pdf).
Erik von Scherling lived from 20 May 1907 to 16 July 1956 (See the In Memoriam by Jozef M.A. Janssen in Chronique d'Egypte vol. 32, No. 63 (January 1957) p. 81).

Christianus Fridericus de Schnurrer, Bibliotheca Arabica. Auctam nunc atque integram edidit --. Halae ad Salam, [...], MDCCCXI.
pp. i-xxi, 1-32 (Nos. 1-55); pp. 33-92 (Nos. 55-132); pp. 93-152 (Nos. 132-175); pp. 153-212 (Nos. 175-219); pp. 213-272 (Nos. 219-268); pp. 273-332 (Nos. 268-314); pp. 333-392 (Nos. 314-362); pp. 393-452 (Nos. 362-395); pp. 453-529 (Nos. 395-431, varia, addenda, tabula).
- Table alphabétique de la Bibliotheca Arabica de Chr. Fr. de Schnurrer. (from Victor Chauvin, Bibliographie des ouvrages arabes, Liège 1892), vol. 1. (pdf).

J.Th. Zenker, Bibliotheca Orientalis. Manuel de bibliographie orientale. vol. I. Leipzig 1846; vol. II. Leipzig 1861.
vol. I, pp. i-xlvii, pp. 1-7 (vol. I: introduction, Nos. 1-42); vol. I, pp. 8-71 (vol. I: Nos. 43-597); vol. I, pp. 72-133 (vol. I: Nos. 598-1077); vol. I, pp. 134-195 (vol. I: Nos. 1077-1605); vol. I, pp. 196-257 (vol. I: Nos. 1606-1859; indexes); vol. I, pp. 258-264; vol. II, pp. i-xiii, pp. 1-35 (vol. I: indexes; vol. II, Nos. 1-451); vol. II, pp. 36-95 (vol. II, Nos. 452-1202); vol. II, pp. 96-155 (vol. II, Nos. 1203-1750); vol. II, pp. 156-215 (vol. II, Nos. 1751-2448); vol. II, pp. 216-275 (vol. II, Nos. 2449-3192); vol. II, pp. 276-337 (vol. II, Nos. 3192-4108); vol. II, pp. 338-397 (vol. II, Nos. 4109-4955); vol. II, pp. 398-459 (vol. II, Nos. 4956-6147); vol. II, pp. 460-519 (vol. II, Nos. 6148-6747); vol. II, pp. 520-614 (vol. II, Nos. 6748-6972 (end), indexes).

Catalogues (in chronological order of publication):

Nico van den Boogert, Catalogue of Berber manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University. Leiden (Legatum Warnerianum) 2002. (unpublished and uncorrected version).
Beginning, pp. 1-50, pp. 51-100, pp. 101-150, pp. 151-200.

P. Voorhoeve, Handlist of Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden and other collections in The Netherlands. Leiden 1980

A.J. Arberry, A Second Supplementary Hand-list of the Muhammadan Manuscripts in the University & Colleges of Cambridge. Cambridge (University Press) 1952.
Beginning, pp. 1-19, pp. 20-39, pp. 40-59, pp. 60-82.

Edward G. Browne, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental MSS. Belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Completed and edited with a Memoir of the Author and a Bibliography of his Writings by Reynold A. Nicholson. Cambridge (at the University Press) 1932.
Introduction, pp. i-xxii, pp. 1-20, pp. 21-40, pp. 41-60, pp. 61-80, pp. 81-100, pp. 101-120, pp. 121-140, pp. 141-160, pp. 161-180, pp. 181-200, pp. 201-220, pp. 221-240, pp. 241-260, pp. 261-280, pp. 281-295, pp. 296-299, appendix, pp. 300-310, index, pp. 311-325, index.

Mohammed Ashraful Hukk,Hermann Ethé, and Edward Robertson, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library. Edinburgh 1925.
Introduction, pp. 1-29, pp. 30-59, pp. 60-89, pp. 90-119, pp. 120-149, pp. 150-179, pp. 180-209, pp. 210-239, pp. 240-269, pp. 270-309, pp. 310-349, pp. 350-380, pp. 380-409, pp. 410-454.

Edward G. Browne, A Supplementary Hand-List of the Muhammadan Manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Libraries of the University and Colleges of Cambridge. Cambridge (University Press) 1922.
prelims, pp. i-xi, pp. 1-19, pp. 20-39, pp. 40-59, pp. 60-79, pp. 80-99, pp. 100-119, pp. 120-139, pp. 140-159, pp. 160-179, pp. 180-199, pp. 200-219, pp. 220-239, pp. 240-259, pp. 260-279, pp. 280-299, pp. 300-325, pp. 326-350, index.

Edward G. Browne, A Hand-List of the Muhammadan Manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge (University Press) 1900.
prelims, pp. i-xviii, pp. 1-19, pp. 20-39, pp. 40-59, pp. 60-79, pp. 80-99, pp. 100-119, pp. 120-139, pp. 140-159, pp. 160-179, pp. 180-199, pp. 200-219, pp. 220-239, pp. 240-259, pp. 260-279, pp. 280-299, pp. 300-319, pp. 320-330, pp. 340-362, pp. 363-380, class-marks, pp. 382-400, class-marks (cnt'd), pp. 401-419, index, pp. 420-440, index (cnt'd).

Edward G. Browne, A Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge (University Press) 1896.
Beginning, content, Introduction, Addenda, pp. 1-20, pp. 21-40, pp. 41-60, pp. 61-80, pp. 81-100, pp. 101-120, pp. 121-140, pp. 141-160, pp. 161-180, pp. 181-200, pp. 201-220, pp. 221-240, pp. 241-260, pp. 261-280, pp. 281-300, pp. 301-320, pp. 321-340, pp. 341-360, pp. 361-380, pp. 381-400, pp. 401-414, pp. 414-424, pp. 425-435, pp. 436-454, pp. 454-461, pp. 463-473,

CCA: Catalogus Codicum Arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae. 2 volumes. Leiden, 1888-1907

Carlo Landberg, Catalogue de manuscrits arabes provenant d`une bibliothèque privée à El-Medina et appartenant à la maison E.J. Brill. Leiden 1883

Wilhelm Pertsch, Die Türkischen Handschriften der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Gotha. Wien 1864. pp. i-xi, 1-43 (MSS Nos. 1-35); pp. 44-95 (MSS Nos. 36-108); pp. 96-145 (MSS Nos. 108-168); pp. 146-195 (MSS Nos. 168-233); pp. 196-240 (MSS Nos. 234-276, indexes, etc.);

P. de Jong, Catalogus codicum Orientalium Bibliothecae Academiae Regiae Scientiarum. Leiden (E.J. Brill) 1862

Wilhelm Pertsch, Die Persischen Handschriften der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Gotha. Wien 1859. pp. i-xi, 1-37 (prelims, MSS Nos. 1-11); pp. 38-90 (MSS Nos. 11-57); pp. 91-143 (MSS Nos. 58-87, additions, indexes).

Catalogus codicum Hebraeorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, auctore M. Steinschneider. Lugduni-Batavorum, apud E.J. Brill, Academiae Typographum. MDCCCLVIII.
prelims, introduction; Warneriani, Nos. 1-20 (pp. 1-80); Warneriani, Nos. 21-40 (pp. 80-165); Warneriani, Nos. 41-52 (pp. 165-246); Warneriani, Nos. 53-79 (pp. 247-297); Codices recentiore tempore acquisiti, Nos. 80-94 (pp. 298-309); Scaligerani, Nos. 1-20 (pp. 310-379); Codices Arabic duo (pp. 380-382); Appendices I-XIX (pp. 383-406); Indices (pp. 407-424); Specimina I-XI.

A. Sprenger, A Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Hindustany manuscripts of the Libraries of the King of Oudh. Vol. I. Containing Persian and Hindustany poetry. Calcutta 1854 (all published).
pp. i-viii, pp. 1-46 (MSS Nos. 1-10); pp. 47-106 (MSS Nos. 10-12); pp. 107-166 (MSS Nos. 12-36); pp. 167-226 (MSS Nos. 36-62); pp. 227-286 (MS No. 62 (cont'd)); pp. 287-346 (MSS Nos. 62-121); pp. 347-406 (MSS Nos. 121-222); pp. 407-466 (MSS Nos. 222-326); pp. 467-526 (MSS Nos. 326-435); pp. 527-586 (MSS Nos. 435-558); pp. 587-648 (MSS Nos. 559-732).

B. Dorn, Catalogue des manuscrits et xylographes orientaux de la Bibliothèque Impériale Publique de St. Pétersbourg. St. Pétersbourg 1852
Prelims, pp. i-xliv, pp. 1-49; pp. 50-151; pp. 152-253; pp. 254-355; pp. 356-455; pp. 456-555; pp. 556-655; pp. 656-719 (the end).

CCO: Catalogus Codicum Orientalium Bibliothecae Lugduno Batavae. 6 volumes. Leiden, 1851-1877

H.A. Hamaker 1830: Specimen catalogi codicum MSS. Orientalium Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, in quo multos libros ineditos descripsit, auctorum vitas nunc primum vulgavit, Latine vertit, et annotationibus illustravit Henricus Arentius Hamaker, [...]. Lugduni Batavorum, apud S. et J. Luchtmans, Academiae typographos. MDCCCXX.