Vol. 17 No. 1 June 2011
CONTENTS
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TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH - 3
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A. Kariev. IN REGARDS TO CERTAIN FORMS OF INDEXES IN MEDIEVAL ARABIC TREATISES (BASED ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TASHKENT COLLECTIONS) - 3
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TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION - 11
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A. Kudriavtceva. MIND, SOUL, SPIRIT, BODY... BABA AFDAL AND HIS TREATISE MADARIJ AL-KAMAL - 11
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I. Alimov. THE ORIGINS OF CHINESE NARRATIVE PROSE: FIFTEEN COLLECTIONS FROM THE HISTORY OF THE HAN DYNASTY - 20
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PRESENTING THE COLLECTION - 30
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D. Ivanov. THE JAPANESE BOOK AND OTHER ARTICLES FROM GRAND-DUCAL PALACES, KEPT IN THE MAE RAS - 30 |
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PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT - 45
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A. Fedeli. THE PROVENANCE OF THE MANUSCRIPT MINGANA ISLAMIC ARABIC 1572: DISPERSED FOLIOS FROM A FEW QUR'ANIC QUIRES - 45
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M. Dehqan. THE GÔRANÎ PARISHAN-NAMA - 57
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OBJECT, SIGN, TEXT - 60
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E. Tsareva. FARANJI: BACK TO THE ORIGIN AND USAGE OF THE OBJECT AND HISTORY OF THE TERM - 60
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AUTHORS
Dr. Igor A. Alimov — Head of the Department of East and Southwest Asia of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, specialist in Far Eastern ethno‑cultural texts. Author of the series of monographs in the field.
Mr. Mustafa Dehqan, MA — specialist in Kurdish Studies with an interest in the literature and religions of Kurdistān. He earned a bachelor's degree in Historical Studies and a master's in Historical Linguistics from the University of Tehrān. Author of the numerous articles in the field.
Mrs. Alba Fedeli — Lecturer in Arabic in the University of Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy). She is continuing the studies, started under her late master, Sergio Noja, on the oldest Qur’ānic manuscripts.
Dr. 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 storages of the Museum, specialist in Buddhist art.
Dr. Adil A. Kariev — leading research specialist of the Institute of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistān, specialist in the history of Islam in Medieval Mā warā’ al‑nahr. Author of a series of articles and monographs in this field.
Ms. Anna Yu. Kudriavtceva, MA — postgraduate student of Prof. Efim Rezvan (MAE RAS), specialized in medieval Iranian philosophy, smells history and their semiological status in the Muslim East.
Dr. Elena G. Tsareva works as a leading research specialist of the Department of South and South-West Asia of the MAE RAS. Specialized on archaeological and ethnographic textiles of the people of Northern Eurasia, with emphasis on the origin and development of knotted carpet weaving and history of costume, Turkmen carpet weaving in particular.
Notes to Contributors
Manuscripts must be written in English.
Manuscripts must be clearly typewritten with numbered pages, double linespacing and wide margins throughout. The title should be as brief and informative as possible. The institute at which the work has been done should be indicated at the head of each paper. Authors are requested to include their e‑mail address if one is available.
Submissions
Manuscripts should be sent in duplicate to the Editor‑in‑Chief: Dr. Efim A. Rezvan, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Universitetskaya nab., 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia, e‑mail: rezvan@kunstkamera.ru.
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