Vol. 6 No. 3, September 2000
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research
CONTENTS
TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH - 3
Val. Polosin. The Arabic Bible: Turning Again to an Old Controversy - 3
E. Rezvan. On the Dating of an "‘Uthmanic Qur'an" from St. Petersburg - 19
M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-Bark from Bairam-Ali: II. Avadanas and Jatakas (Part 1) - 23
I. Alimov. Song Biji Authoral Collections: "Lofty Judgements by the Palace Gates" by Liu Fu - 33
TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION - 39
K. Solonin. The Tang Heritage of Tangut Buddhism. Teachings Classification in the Tangut Text "The Mirror" - 39
E. Tyomkin. Patanjali's Commentary on a Sutra by Panini V, 3.99 - 49
PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS - 51
K. Yuzbachian. Armenian Manuscripts in St. Petersburg - 51
CONSERVATION PROBLEMS - 61
F. Cuisance. Mounting and Early Restorations: the Case of an Accordion Book, Pelliot Tibetain 45 - 61
BOOK REVIEWS - 71
Munazzah Haji Zakaria. Katalog Manuskrip Melayu di Afrika Selatan. Kuala Lumpur: 1998, 91 pp., Illus. - Pusat manuskrip Melayu, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Siri bibligrafi manuskrip, No. 16.
by Muhammed Haron - 71
A. I. Kolesnikov. Denezhnoe khoziaĭstvo v Irane v VII veke (The Monetary Economy in the 7th Century Iran). Moscow: Vostochnaia litaratura Publishing House, 1998, 416 pp. + 16 pp. inserts.
by E. Rezvan - 72
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AUTHORS
Dr. Igor A. Alimov - Researcher of the South and South-West Asia Department at the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Chinese literature and culture, author of one monograph and a series of articles in the field.
Dr. Frariçoise Cuisance - Member of the Restoration Service at the Bibliotheque nationale de France, specialist in Oriental MSS restoration, author of a number of articles in the field.
Dr. Muhammed Haron - Executive Member of the Centre of Contemporary Islam at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), specialist in Islamic studies, author of a number of publications in the field.
Dr. Valery V. Polosin - Senior Researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the Arabic manuscript tradition, author of one monograph and a number of articles.
Dr. Efim A. Rezvan - Deputy Director of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Arabic and Islamic studies, author of a number of monographs and numerous articles dealing with Russian-Arab relations, history of Islam and Oriental studies computing.
Dr. Kirill J. Solonin - Researcher of the Manuscript Department at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Far-Eastern philosophy, anthropology and culture, author of monographs and a series of articles in these fields.
Dr. Edward N. Tyomkin - Senior Researcher of the Manuscript Department at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the history of ancient culture and mythology of India, in Central Asia philology, author of a series of monographs and articles.
Prof. Dr. Margarita I. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya - Chief Keeper of the Manuscript Department at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in the history and philology of ancient Central Asia, author of numerous monographs and articles in the field.
Prof. Dr. Karen N. Yuzbachian - Leading Researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Armenian literature, history and manuscripts, author of numerous publications. |
