Digital Manuscript Library
The
publication of digital manuscript sets comes in conformity with the
BA's mission to adopt modern digital technologies. Every set
comprises seven CDs with an unabridged rare manuscript each. The
first collection includes selections from the Alexandria Municipal
Library's manuscripts currently held by the BA, namely: Qasīdat
al-Burda- ‘The Garment Poem’ by al-Būsīrī; Dīwān Salāma bin-Jandal-
‘The Divan of Salāma bin-Jandal’; al-Zīj al-Jāmi‘ ‘The Comprehensive
Ephemeris’ by Kūšiyār al-Jīlī; Ghiyāth al-Umam fī al-Tiyāth
al-Zulam- ‘Nations’ Succor from the Madness of Darkness’ by
al-Juwaynī; al-Badī‘ fī Naqd al-Ši‘r- ‘The Exquisite in Poetry
Criticism’ by Usāma bin-Munqidh; al-Luma‘ fī al-Nahw- ‘Highlights in
Grammar’ by Ibn Jinnī; and al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr- ‘The Great History’
by al-Maqrīzī. The second set represents some of the rarities of the
Islamic heritage collection in the mosque of al-‘Ārif bi-Allāh
Abūl-‘Abbās al-Mursī: al-Islāh wa al-Īdāh- ‘Refinement and
Clarification’ by Ibn Kamāl Pasha; Dīwān al-Arīb fī Mukhtasar Mughnī
al-Labīb- ‘The Witty’s Divan of the Compendium of Mughnī al-Labīb’
by al-Sāmūlī; Khulāsat al-Hisāb- ‘Compendium of Arithmetic’ by
al-‘Āmilī; Talkhīs al-Bayān ‘an Majāzāt al-Qur’ān- ‘Compendium of
Rhetoric on the Metaphors of the Qur’an’ by al-Šarīf al-Radī;
Majmū‘at Rasā’il fī al-Isturlāb- ‘Collection of Treatises on the
Astrolabe’ by different authors; Jāmi‘ al-Masānīd wa al-Alqāb- ‘The
Comprehensive Book on Ascriptions and Epithets’ by Ibn al-Jawzī; and
Risāla fī ‘Ilm al-Hay’a- ‘Treatise on Astronomy’ by Ibn al-Haytham.
Work is ongoing to release the third collection from the manuscripts
of the Religious Institute of Smūha. It is noteworthy that the
Manuscript Center is currently working on the publication of a
digital manuscript collection of the codices held by Uppsala
University Library, Sweden, within the framework of a bilateral
cooperation agreement concluded between the two countries.
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