Showing posts with label Archivs - Libraries - Manuscripts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archivs - Libraries - Manuscripts. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Ancient Arabic Calligraphy Available Online on Library of Congress

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A collection of Arabic script calligraphy sheets dating from the 8th to 19th centuries is now available on the Library of Congress' Glob...
Monday, April 23, 2007

Princeton University Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

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Princeton has the largest collection of Islamic manuscripts in North America and one of the finest such collections in the Western world. Th...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Ottoman and Arabic Manuscripts of the National Library of the Czech Republic: Hafiz Mustafa

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Mushaf sheets is dated 1211 A. H. (1796 C. E.) Size: 17 x 12.4 cm. The copy was made by Hafiz Mustafa. The book was bought in Damascus in 1...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Calligraphic Art in The Library of Congress: Ottoman Calligraphers and Their Works

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This collection presents 355 Arabic calligraphy sheets, ranging from the 9th to the 19th centuries, including examples of calligraphic art -...
Monday, March 26, 2007

ATATÜRK MUNICIPAL LIBRARY

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This library was originally known as the Revolutionary Museum and Library (Inkilap Müzesi and Kütüphanesi) and established in the medrese of...

THE ARCHIVE OF ŞERİYE SİCİLLERİ (JUDICAL RECORDS)

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These records consist of decrees and pronouncements made by kadıs, or Muslim judges. These records of 27 İstanbul courts are housed in the a...

Süleymaniye Library Istanbul

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The building which houses the library of the Süleymaniye Complex was built in 1751 by Köse Mustafa Bahir Paşa. The Süleymaniye Library was f...

NURUOSMANİYE LIBRARY

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Part of the complex of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque in Cağaloğlu, this manuscript library constructed in the Baroque style was opened in 1755. It...

LIBRARY OF TOPKAPI PALACE MUSEUM in Istanbul

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Founded in 1928, the manuscript library houses a rich collection of 13,450 manuscripts in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian. There is also...

İSTANBUL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS LIBRARY

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The turn-of-the-century library was established as part of the Archaeology Museum in 1903 as an archaeological librray containing works on m...

KÖPRÜLÜ LIBRARY in Istanbul

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The Köprülü Library was the first independent library to be established in the Ottoman period. This librray was built in 1662 by Köprülü Faz...

İSTANBUL UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARY

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Established in 1924 as "İstanbul Darülfunun Merkez Kütüphanesi", this library was the first university library in Turkey. The Yıld...

İSTANBUL PUBLIC LIBRARY

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This library was established in the district of Fatih in the Feyzullah Efendi Medrese in 1911 by Ali Emiri Efendi. Its original collection c...

IRCICA LIBRARY in Istanbul

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Foundde in 1980, the library is affiliated with the Organization ıf Islamic Conference. The library functions as a reference library for IRC...

BAŞBAKANLIK OTTOMAN ARCHIVES in Istanbul

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As an imperial centralised state, the bureaucracy of the Ottoman Empire produced a vast amount of state documents, most of which are now loc...

ATIF EFENDİ LIBRARY in Istanbul

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The Atıf Efendi was the second independent library, after the Köprülü Library, to have been in the Ottoman period. Built by Atıf Mustafa Efe...
Saturday, March 24, 2007

Turkish Foundation Calligraphy Art Museum , Istanbul/Turkey

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Turkish Foundation Calligraphy Art Museum which is presently active in Beyazıt Medresse in Beyazıt Square was originally opened under the na...
Thursday, March 22, 2007

The Turkish National Library, Ankara/ Turkey

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The Turkish National Library is one of the youngest national library in the world. The works of foundation was laid in a small office in the...

Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya (Egyptian National Library), Cairo/Egypt

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The manuscript collection in Dar al-Kutub is regarded as one of the largest and most important in the world. The total number of manuscripts...

Âstan-i Quds-i Razavi Library, Mashhad, Iran

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This library has one of the oldest (established in 861 AH/1457 CE) collection of Islamic manuscripts in the Muslim world and the most import...