Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research. Vol. 28 No. 2 December 2022
CONTENTS
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 (St. Petersburg). Specialist in Far Eastern ethno‑cultural texts. Author of the series of monographs in the field.
Dr. Anna Yu. Kudriavtceva — Senior researcher of the International Centre for Islamic Studies, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). Specialist in Qur’ānic and Islamic studies, the Qur’ān and pre-Islamic poetry, Muslim ritual.
Faris O. Nofal — Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy of the Islamic World, Institute of Philosophy RAS. Specialist in Islamic studies, history of Arab-Muslim philosophy, philosophy and phenomenology of religion, history of Arabic literature and symbolic anthropology.
Ekaterina P. Pischurnikova — Assistant Professor of Iranian Philology at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg State University. The research interests embrace Afghan Classical literature and Pashto language.
Prof. Dr. Anton D. Pritula — Curator and Lead Researcher in the Oriental Department at the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg); Professor and Head Researcher in the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, HSE University (Moscow). Specialist in the literature and art of the medieval Middle East having particular scholarly interest in the cultural interaction between Christian and Muslim communities. Author of several monographs and exhibition catalogues.
Prof. Dr. Efim A. Rezvan — Editor-in-Chief, Manuscripta Orientalia, International Journal for Oriental Manuscripts Research, Director, International Centre for Islamic Studies, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg); Professor of UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue, Russian Scientific Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D. Likhachev.
Dr. Maryam E. Rezvan — Head of the Department of Central Asia, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg); Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Manuscripta Orientalia, International Journal for Oriental Manuscripts Research. Specialist in the Qur’ānic studies and Islamic magic, author of a monograph and a series of articles in the field.
Dr. Vladimir A. Rozov — Researcher, Research Laboratory for Analysis and Modeling of Social Processes; St. Petersburg State University. Specialist in Arabic as a sacred language.
Dr. Ahmed Shaker — Independent Canadian researcher working on early Qur’ān manuscripts from the formative period of Islam. His research interests include Islamic inscriptions, written transmission of the Qur’ān, and Islamic scribal practices.
Dr. Safarali H. Shomakhmadov — Senior researcher of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia). Specialist in Central Asian Buddhist manuscripts.
Dr. Vladimir A. Shorokhov — Associate professor of the Department of the Historical Regional Studies of the Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University. Specialist in Russian relations with the Muslim East.
Olga V. Vasilieva — Head of the Oriental sector in the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia. Fields of interest — the arts of the book in the Middle East, history of the Oriental manuscripts' collections, old Turkish literary prose.
Dr. Olga M. Yastrebova — Senior researcher of the Manuscript Department, National Library of Russia; associate professor of the Department of Iranian Philology of the Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St. Petersburg State University. Specialist in classical Persian literature, Islamic palaeography and codicology. | 
