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Virtual Browsers
By the
time of the BA soft opening, Sweden and the Manuscript Department in
the BA jointly executed a manuscript virtual browser using
state-of-the-art technology, which enables the user to review a
given manuscript, browse and magnify its different pages on a touch
screen, giving the effect of actually turning them. The first
version came with 3 manuscripts (a Holy Qur’an, Sunan Ibn Mājah,
Māhiyat al-Athar alladhī Yabdū ‘alā Wajh al-Qamar- ‘The Trace on the
Moon’s Face’ by Ibn al-Haytham). The production of a more advanced
Egyptian version by the Manuscript Center followed with additional
options and tools, providing access to another 2 important
manuscripts (al-I‘lām bi- San al-Hijra ilā
al-Šām- 'Informing of the Justification for Immigration to al-Šām'
and Muqaddima fīl-Tasawwuf - ‘Introduction to Sufism’ by
al-Sulamī). The third version ensued to present
Risāla fīl ‘Ulūm al-Hadītha- 'Treatise on Modern Sciences' by Priest
‘Īsā Petro.
See demos of the following:
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