Vol. 11 No. 4 December 2005
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research.
CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL - 3 |
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TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH - 5
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E. Rezvan. Mingana Folios: When and Why - 5
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TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION - 10
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M. Reisner, N. Chalisova. The Life of the Text and the Fate of Tradition. VII/1 Classical Persian Lyrics: to the Problem of Genesis - 10
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E. Rezvan. Through the Eyes of a Prince - 23
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PRESENTING THE COLLECTION - 36
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D. Ivanov. Buddhist Collections of Saint-Petersburg Kunstkamera. II: Kalmyk Painting and Bronze from Inner Mongolia - 36
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REVIEWS - 63
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E. Ivanova. An Experience of Using the "Buddhist Iconography Identification Guide" While Working on the Catalogue of Buddhist Collections of the MAE RAS (in Place of a Review) - 63
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Manuscripta Orientalia in 2003-2005, vols. 9 -11 (list of contributions) - 66
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AUTHORS
Dr. Natalia Yu. Chalisova - Leading research fellow of the Institute of Oriental Cultures of the Russian State University of Humanities, interpreter and commentator of medieval Persian treatises on poetics, author of series of works on traditional prosody.
Mr. Dmitriy D. Ivanov - Chief specialist of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian of Academy of Sciences, curator of the Foreign Asia funds of the Museum, specialist in Siberian and Mongolian art.
Dr. Prof. Elena V. Ivanova - for many years Head of the Department of Ethnography of Eastern and South Eastern Asia of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in different aspects of material and spiritual culture of the peoples of South Eastern Asia and primarily Thailand, author of the series of monographs in the field.
Prof. Dr. Marina L. Reisner - Professor of the Department of Iranian Philology at the State Moscow University Institute of Asian and African Studies, specialist in medieval Persian poetry and culture, author of numerous publications in the field.
Prof. Dr. Efim A. Rezvan - Deputy Director of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), 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. | 
