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Arabic and Persian Manuscripts
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Bryn Mawr College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
The manuscripts listed here are part of the collection of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries. Most of the descriptions were created in the course of the Manuscripts of the Muslim World project, which includes digital editions of more than 500 manuscripts in Arabic and Persian, along with examples of Coptic, Samaritan, Syriac, Turkish, and Berber. The primary partners were Columbia University, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania with signifiant contributions from Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. This project was funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Bryn Mawr's modest collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts ranges from the 19th through the 20th centuries CE. They were the gifts of various donors. Most are Qurʼāns or other devotional works.
Subject
- Christian literature, Arabic
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Islam Prayers and Devotions
- Persian literature 747-1500
- Masnavis, Persian--Early works to 1800
- Persian poetry 747-1500
- Ṣaghānī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, 1181-1252. Mashāriq al-anwār
- Hadith Criticism, interpretation, etc. Early works to 1800
- Religious life -- Islam
- Islam Doctrines
- Muslims Conduct of life
- Islamic ethics
- Islamic magic
- Talismans
- Quotations, Arabic
- Calligraphy, Ottoman
- Epic poetry, Persian
- Syriac language--Dictionaries
- Islam Customs and practices Early works to 1800
- Islam Doctrines Early works to 1800
- Islamic law Early works to 1800
- Tamazight poetry
- Berber poetry
- Christianity
- Saints--Legends
- Martyrs--Legends
- Martyrologies
- Astronomy, Arab
Place
- Publisher
- Bryn Mawr College
Collection Inventory
A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_047.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_048.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_049.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_050.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_051.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_052.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_053.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_054.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_055.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_056.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_057.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_058.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_060.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_062.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_065.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_067.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_068.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_069.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_070.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_071.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_072.html
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A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_201.html
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