Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: Jun 07, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9789004367883
Description: The Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was established in 1826. Its collection of Persian manuscripts is the most comprehensive set of its kind in Hungary. The volumes were produced in four major cultural centres of the Persianate world, the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Central Asia and India during a span of time that extends from the 14th to the 19th century. Collected mainly by enthusiastic private collectors and acknowledged scholars the manuscripts have preserved several unique texts or otherwise interesting copies of well-known works. Though the bulk of the collection has been part of Library holdings for almost a century, the present volume is the first one to describe these manuscripts in a detailed and systematic way.
Notes: Source title: Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Islamic Manuscripts and Books) (English and Persian Edition)