Vol. 18 No. 1 June 2012
CONTENTS
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TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION - 3
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I. Alimov. CONCERNING “RECORDS OF SEARCHING FOR SPIRITS” OF GAN BAO - 3 |
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PRESENTING THE COLLECTION - 15
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T. Pataridze. LES SIGNATURES DES CAHIERS UNILINGUES ET BILINGUES DANS LES MANUSCRITS SINAÏTIQUES (GEORGIENS, ARABES ET SYRIAQUES) - 15
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PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT - 36
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I. Osmanova. THE MANUSCRIPT OF AL-SHARF AL-MURTADA KITAB AL-DHAKHIRA AL-‘ALIM WA BASIRA AL-MUTA‘ALLIM FROM THE COLLECTION OF A. S. FIRKOVICH - 36
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A. Alexeev. THE HOROSCOPE CALENDAR OF KHWJA ABU AL-HAKIM TIRMIZI AS AN ETHNOGRAPHIC SOURCE - 42
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THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF PETER THE GREAT KUNSTKAMERA (1714—2014) - 45
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P. Matveeva. FROM “ZOO HUMAINE” TO ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM (CHRISTIAN THOMSEN, JENS WORSAAE, ARTHUR HAZELIUS, ERNEST HAMY, FRIEDRICH RADLOFF) - 45
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N. Kopaneva. THE MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUES OF KUNSTKAMERA ABOUT CHINESE COLLECTIONS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY - 59
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BOOK REVIEW - 64
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Boris Viacheslavovich Norik. Bio-Bibliographical Dictionary of the Central Asian Poetry (the 16th and the first third of the 17thcenturies). Bibliotheca Islamica / Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, ISSN 2072–2540. Moscow: Mardjani Publishing House, 2011. 976 pp. ISBN 978-5-903715-50-3. |
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AUTHORS
Dr. Anton K. Alexeev — associate professor, chair of Central Asia and Caucasus, Faculty of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg State University, specialist in the Arabic and Persian Medieval historiography, author of number of articles in the field.
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.
Dr. Zarine A. Jandosova — associate professor, chair of Central Asia and Caucasus, Faculty of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg State University. Expert in modern and contemporary history, as well as ethnography and history of the culture of Afghanistan and Central Asia. Author of lecture courses and articles on history, source study and history of the culture of the region.
Dr. Natalia P. Kopaneva, senior research fellow of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, an expert on the history of science and culture and the history of Russian‑Western relations in the 18th century, the author of more than 80 scientific publications on the history of the relationship between Russian and Western European cultures and the history of science in the 18th century, on the history the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (18th century), on the history of Russian emigration (20th century), on the preservation of monuments of literature and culture, chairman of the St. Petersburg Regional Public Organization “Peter the Great Historical Society”.
Ms. Polina A. Matveeva — Chief administrative officer of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg), postgraduate student; specialized in the history of the Museum and its collections (end of the 19th — beginning of the 20th centuries), basing on the archival materials.
Mrs. Irina A. Osmanova — research fellow of the Oriental religions Department of the State Museum of the History of Religion (St. Petersburg, Russia), postgraduate student of the Philosophy faculty of the St. Petersburg State University, specialist in Middle Eastern philosophy and culturology, specialist in Islamic philosophy and theology.
Dr. Tamara Pataridze — scientific collaborator at Université catholique de Louvain, Department of Oriental Studies (CIOL), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. Specialist in Georgian and Byzantine Studies, Christian Middle East Studies and Syriac Studies.
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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