504 search results for “manuscript studies” in the Library website
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Alireza AsghariFaculty of Humanities
a.asghari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2031
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Medieval Manuscripts
With its more than 1400 bindings and over a thousand fragments Leiden’s collection of medieval manuscripts (up to ca. 1550) is the largest in the Netherlands.
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Manuscripts, Archives and Letters
The Western manuscript, archival and letter collections consist of books and documents written in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script.
- Manuscripts, Archives and Letters outside Leiden
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Post-medieval Manuscripts and Private Archives
The domain of the post-medieval manuscripts and private archives covers the period from about 1550 to the present. A clear distinction with the medieval manuscripts, however, is difficult to make. There are many undated manuscripts and it is often difficult to date them even within a decade or a quarter…
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Manuscripts, Archives and Letters: further information
A collection consists of items and parts that have been collected by one or more individuals or institutions not responsible for their formation. An archive has been created by one or more individuals or institutions.
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Siavash Rafiee RadFaculty of Humanities
s.rafiee.rad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3942
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Unique manuscript map of Suriname now available in Digital Collections
The map of Suriname, drawn in 1830 and acquired by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in 2023, has now been made available online via Digital Collections in open access. The map can be viewed and downloaded in high resolution.
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Irene O'DalyFaculty of Humanities
i.odaly@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2155
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Leiden Yemeni manuscripts now digitally available
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently digitized circa 150 Yemeni manuscripts and has made them freely available for research and education. The manuscripts, dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, were digitized as part of the Zaydi Manuscript Tradition project. Yemen has been marked…
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Leiden University Libraries acquires remarkable medical manuscripts
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire four remarkable medical manuscripts partly thanks to support from the Friends of Leiden University Libraries, the Pieter van Foreest Stichting and the Van de Sande Fonds. All four are largely written in Dutch and can be dated between 1595 and…
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Christopher GreenFaculty of Humanities
c.k.green@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2327
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Online access to medieval manuscripts improved
Do you frequently search the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) for western medieval manuscripts? Then you must have noticed important changes lately. Some 1800 summary catalogue records in Dutch were replaced by more elaborate descriptions in English. Furthermore, the catalogue interface…
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Donation for digitisation of Leiden Hebrew manuscripts
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has received considerable funding from the National Library of Israel (NLI) and the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society (FJMS) for the digitisation of a collection of 166 Hebrew manuscripts. The digitised manuscripts will be made available to the public in the course…
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La Galigo manuscript - UNESCO heritage – digitally available
The La Galigo manuscript at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been digitized. The manuscript, which was inscribed in 2011 on UNESCO's ‘Memory of the World’ Register, is now freely available online and can be used for teaching and research. La Galigo is the world's longest epic, written in the Buginese…
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Medieval manuscripts available in Digital Collections
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made more than five hundred medieval handwritten text sources available online via Digital Collections. This makes a third of her collection of Western medieval manuscripts – one of the largest and the most important in the Netherlands – available in high resolution…
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Channa LiFaculty of Humanities
c.li.6@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1766
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Medieval manuscripts made available in Europeana
Over 600 manuscripts and early prints have been made digitally available by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) via the Europeana platform. In the project 'The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’ (ARMA), seven European heritage institutions added 30,000 digitised medieval items to Europeana’s database…
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Xiao LuoFaculty of Humanities
x.luo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Philomeen DolFaculty of Humanities
p.h.dol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4687
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Crewe Williams
Faculty of Humanities
k.c.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Shirley Alexander
Faculty of Humanities
s.l.alexander@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Amirardalan EmamiFaculty of Humanities
a.emami@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2976
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Maaike BeemsterboerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.beemsterboer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Yujing TanFaculty of Humanities
y.tan.5@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
n.j.g.kaptein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Steven Hagers
Faculty of Humanities
s.j.hagers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Haneen OmariFaculty of Humanities
h.omari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5025
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Xiong XiongFaculty of Humanities
h.xiong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Boudewijn WalravenFaculty of Humanities
b.c.a.walraven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Geoffrey Cain
Faculty of Humanities
g.n.cain@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jurre KnoestFaculty of Humanities
j.j.a.knoest@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Aihua Li
Faculty of Humanities
a.li@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Peter VerhagenFaculty of Humanities
p.c.verhagen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2910
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Maghiel van CrevelFaculty of Humanities
m.van.crevel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2211
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
a.f.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2585
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Hyo Jin PakFaculty of Humanities
h.j.pak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Henk Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
schultenordholt@kitlv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Pao-Yi YangFaculty of Humanities
p.y.yang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Acquisition: early topographic manuscript map of southeast Sumatra
Thanks to the financial support of our friends foundation (Stichting Vrienden van de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden) Leiden University Libraries was able to purchase a very early topographic map of southeast Sumatra.
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Edegar Da Conceição SavioFaculty of Humanities
e.da.conceicao.savio@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Arfi ArfiansyahFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.arfiansyah@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Caroline Fernandes CaromanoFaculteit Archeologie
c.fernandes.caromano@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mehdy Shaddel Basir
Faculty of Humanities
m.shaddel.basir@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Online exhibition - The world’s last picture writing: Naxi Dongba manuscripts
Manuscripts that look like a comic book, that's how you could describe the manuscripts of the Dongba people from China. The manuscripts are one of the last examples of a so-called pictographic script that can only be interpreted by Dongba priests, shamans, who have knowledge of the ancient Dongba cu…
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Russian and Eurasian Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for Research in Russian and Eurasian Studies
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UNESCO Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage
UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat Aceh manuscripts as World Heritage. The manuscripts are inscribed in the global UNESCO Memory of the World Register. This list contains documentary heritage…
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Berthe JansenFaculty of Humanities
b.k.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2379
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Kiyan ForoutanFaculty of Humanities
k.foroutan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Judith FrishmanFaculty of Humanities
j.frishman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727