Vol. 8 No. 1 March 2002
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental manuscript Research
CONTENTS
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TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH - 3
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I. Ianbay. Letters by Crimean Noblewomen to Sweden - 3
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M. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-bark from Bairam-Ali. II. Avadana and Jataka (part 6) - 18
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V. Livshits. Parthians Joking - 27
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PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS - 36
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A. Erkinov. Manuscript Collections of the Former Uzbek Academy of Sciences Institute of Manuscripts (1978-1998) - 36
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PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT - 39
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E. Rezvan. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Faberge. III: Biographical Works and Portraits (part 2) - 39
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ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES - 49
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Th. Milo. Authentic Arabic: a Case Study. Right-to-left Font Structure, Font Design, and Typography - 49
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CONSERVATION PROBLEMS - 62
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F. Cuisance. Manuscript 2547 at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Chinese Pelliot Collection (Study and Restoration Project) - 62
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BOOK REVIEWS - 71
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AUTHORS
Dr. Francoise Cuisance - Member of the Restoration Service at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, specialist in Oriental MSS restoration, author of a number of articles in the field.
Dr. Aftandil Erkinov - Assistant Professor at the National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, specialist in Chaghatay literature, author of numerous articles on Medieval Turkic literature and manuscripts.
Dr. Iata Ianbay - Researcher at the Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, Jerusalem, specialist in Turkic literature and culture, author of a number of publications in the field.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir A. Livshits- Leading Researcher of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, foreign member of the British Academy, specialist in the history of the Iranian languages and in the history of Central Asia, author of a series of monographs and articles.
Dr. Thomas Milo - Specialist in Slavic, Turkic and Arabic languages, co-founder (1985) of Incorporated DecoType, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, providing fonts and Arabic Calligraphy applications for Microsoft Office Arabic Edition and a special interface for Calligraphic typesetting for Adobe PageMaker Middle East DT.
Dr. Tatiana A. Pang - Researcher at the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Manchu manuscripts and culture, author of a number of monographs and articles in the field.
Prof. 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.
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. | 
