Oriental manuscripts and a part of the East Asian manuscripts as well as Tibetan and Mongolian block prints, photocopies, facsimile editions and microfilms of Oriental manuscripts. In addition to more than

component of which indicates their provenance. This method was not only used for oriental manuscripts and prints. In the Royal Library of Berlin, collections acquired as a whole often received special signatures [...] which indicates their provenance. Standardized form Different forms of signatures that may appear in printed or electronic catalogs Ahlwardt Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1828–1909) Bibliothek Fleischer Bibl. Fleischer

reception in translations, literary works and book art as well. Old Arabian manuscripts, rare historical prints, splendid illustrated volumes, advertising art and elaborately designed children’s books are examples

n art historian Dr. Hans-Casper Graf von Bothmer. It contains microfilms, color slides and photo prints of the fragments of 926 Koran manuscripts discovered in 1971/72 during restoration work in the Great [...] overestimated. The collection comprises about 24,000 MF recordings as well as about 5,000 slides and prints. The digitization of the photographic materials has been completed. First part of the "Sīrat al-Ḥakīm" [...] Department of the Berlin State Library includes about 40,000 fragments of oriental manuscripts and block prints, which were found at the beginning of the 20th century in the Turfanoase and the adjacent areas (today:

Humanities have been inserted in the KOHD-Digital database since 2016. Printed Catalogues The oriental manuscripts are indexed in printed catalogues, most of which have appeared in the following series: Die [...] in the Orient and East Asia Reading Room in the shelf mark area OLS Bb. A large proportion of the printed catalogues are now available in digitised form. Corresponding links can be found in the individual [...] Berlin: Band 1. 1878. Band 2. 1897. The descriptions of about 200 manuscripts are not yet available in printed catalogues, but provisional descriptive lists and entries in the Qalamos database are available.

centuries not only in their number, but also in their diversity. Further information can be found in the printed catalogues, especially those of Albrecht Weber. The Sanskrit manuscripts of the Staatsbibliothek

Orient New acquisitions Here you can call up the new acquisitions of the Oriental Department of the Staatsbibliothek for the current and the last half of the year as well as the new acquisitions of th

reception in translations, literary works and book art as well. Old Arabian manuscripts, rare historical prints, splendid illustrated volumes, advertising art and elaborately designed children’s books are examples