Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research. Vol. 24 No. 1 June 2018.
CONTENTS
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TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH — 3
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W. Jamaluddin, A. Syaiful, I. Katkova. Rethinking Manuscript Heritage of ‘Abd al-Samad al-Palimbani. Controversies Involving Tuhfat al-raghibin — 3
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TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION — 15
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I. Alimov. “Yi Jian's Records”: Three Tales of the Supernatural — 15
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I. Pankov, A. Bustanov. Transregional History of a Muslim Family: Oral and Written Testimonies on the Descendants of Muhammad Sharif Al-Bulghari — 20
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PRESENTING THE COLLECTION — 26
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M. Azarkina, A. Obraztsov, T. Slesarev. Ottoman Manuscripts from Kazan of M. Gorky Research Library, St. Petersburg State University — 26
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PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT — 35
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T. Tchernaja. Botanical Drawings as Key to Understanding the Scholarly Life and Personality of the Outstanding Japanese Natural Scientist Udagawa Yoan (1798—1846) — 35
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E. Shavarebi. The Persian Dictionary Sorme-ye Soleymani (Early 11th/17th Century) and Its Manuscript in the Library of the Oriental Faculty of St. Petersburg State University (MS.O 174) — 61
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BOOK REVIEW — 68
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Sh. Iakerson. Specimens of Mediaeval Hebrew Scripts, vol. 3: Ashkenazic Script. Compiled by Edna Engel and Malachi Beit-Arié. Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2017 (The Hebrew Palaeography Project). (ʠʰ), XLVI pages, 202 plates. ISBN 978-965- 208-187-2 — 64
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I. Wojewódzki. Manetti, Giannozzo. A Translator's Defence. Edited by Myron Mc Shane; translated by Mark Young. Cambridge; London: Harvard UP, 2016. XXXVIII, 306 pages. (The I Tatti Renaissance library. 71). ISBN 978-0-674-08865-8 — 71
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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.
Dr. Milana A. Azarkina — Head of the Oriental Department of Scientific Library, St. Petersburg State University. Specialist in the History of libraries. Author of a series of articles in the field.
Prof. Dr. Alfrid K. Bustanov — professor at the Department of History, European University at St. Petersburg; postdoc at the University of Amsterdam. He specializes in the history of the Muslim communities in Imperial and Soviet Russia and has written extensively on the subject.
Prof. Dr. Shimon M. Iakerson — Head of the Department of Semitic and Hebrew Studies, St. Petersburg State University and leading researcher of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Specialist in the history of Hebrew culture, expert in the field of the Hebrew manuscript and first printed book tradition. Author of a series of monographs and articles.
Dr. Wan Jamaluddin — professor at Islamic Teachings and Education of Universitas Islam Negeri (Islamic State University) Raden Intan Lampung, Indonesia. Specialist in the history of Islam and Sufism. Author of the series of articles in the field.
Mrs. Irina R. Katkova — Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Asian and African Studies of St. Petersburg State University. Specialist in Malay Islamic manuscripts and Sufi literature.
Dr. Aleksey V. Obraztsov — Associate Professor at the Department of Turkic Philology, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St. Petersburg State University; Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Specialist in medieval Turkish (Ottoman) literature, culture and life of the Ottoman Turks, history of Turkey.Author of a series of articles in the field.
Mr. Igor A. Pankov — president of Al-Maqam foundation for development of humanities and cultural projects, research fellow of the International Centre of Islamic Studies of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences. Social anthropologist and researcher of Sufism and Sufi ritual.
Mr. Ehsan Shavarebi — Graduate student at the Institut fur Numismatik und Geldgeschichte, Universitat Wien (Vienna, Austria). Fields of study: Sasanian archaeology, history and numismatics, Iranian philology, Persian literature and manuscripts. Author of one published monograph and a number of articles in these fields.
Mr. Timur A. Slesarev — Chief Librarian of the Oriental Department of Scientific Library, St. Petersburg State University. Specialist in Turkology.
Dr. Anwar Syaiful — vice rector for academic cooperation and relation affairs of the Universitas Islam Negeri (Islamic State University) Raden Intan Lampung, Indonesia, professor at Islamic Teachings and Education. Specialist in the Philosophy of Islamic teachings and pedagogy. Author of the series of articles in the field.
Mrs. Tamara A. Tchernaja — Head Librarian, curator of manuscript collection and collection of rare books of the Komarov Botanical Library (Botanical Department of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Specialist in the field of botanical illustration. Author of many articles, co-author and author of some monographs in the field.
Dr. Igor N. Wojewódzki — Chief Librarian in the Asian and African Literature Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences Library, specialist in Semitic studies. Author of several articles dealing with the history of Islamic and Judaic culture.
Notes to Contributors
Manuscripts must be written in English.
Manuscripts must be clearly typewritten with numbered pages. 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 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: efim.rezvan@mail.ru. | 
