and a growing public interest in the "Orient" increasingly required professional management. In 1919, the Oriental Department was established and in 1924 the Oriental Reading Room at Preußische Staatsbibliothek [...] Orient History and Responsibilities When Kurfürstliche Bibliothek was founded in the middle of the seventeenth century, the initial holdings already included Oriental manuscripts and printed works. Extensive [...] modern literature and current information materials, the Oriental Department focused on the collection, maintenance and cataloguing of Oriental manuscripts. The two departments began to grow together again

8° Ms.or.oct. Ms. orient. 8°. Ms. orient. oct. Ms. oriental oct. Manuscripts in octavo Ms. or. quart. Mq Ms. or. 4° Ms. or. qu. Ms. or. quart Ms. or. Quart. Ms.or.quart. Ms. orient. 4°. Manuscripts in [...] created for photomechanical reproductions of oriental manuscripts. Standardized form Variants Ms. or. fol. Mf Ms. or. Folio Ms. or. Fol. Ms. orient. fol. Ms. orient. Fol. Ms.or.fol. Manuscripts in folio Ms [...] Orient Shelf marks In the numerous catalogues from the past two centuries, the shelf marks of the oriental manuscripts appear in various forms. The shelf mark labels and entries on the manuscripts themselves

Orient Printed books Analogous to the general printed matter holdings of the Staatsbibliothek, the printed works and microforms acquired by the Oriental Department, whether in Asian, African or European [...] about the regions served by the Oriental Department comprise more than 600,000 volumes (monographs, journals and microforms). View here: New Acquisitions of the Oriental Department [...] room or borrowed, provided that their year of publication is after 1955. The old holdings of the Oriental Department of the former Prussian State Library were also affected by the evacuation in the 2nd

Orient Printed works For printed works the Oriental Department is responsible for Works in the languages of the Near East, Asia and Africa, with the exception of East Asian languages Translations of works [...] are now available via StaBiKat . The Oriental Department's alphabetical catalogues (AK Or II and AK Or III) are specialised subject catalogues dedicated to the Oriental printed works of Staatsbibliothek zu [...] European languages Translations into the above mentioned languages (in part) The conversion of the Oriental Department's old catalogues (card catalogues) “Alphabetischer Katalog II und III der Orientabteilung

Orient Manuscripts of the Oriental Department The Oriental Department administrates all Oriental and parts of the East Asian manuscripts of the Staatsbibliothek. The same applies to Tibetan and Mongolian [...] Mongolian block prints as well as photocopies, facsimile editions and microfilms of oriental manuscripts. The collection currently comprises more than 42,000 volumes of original manuscripts as well as more than [...] manuscripts from Nepal, which have been filmed by the Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project. The Oriental Department has also been entrusted with the librarian and conservational care of the approximately

Orient Manuscripts The Oriental Department holds all of Staatsbibliothek's Oriental manuscripts and a part of the East Asian manuscripts as well as Tibetan and Mongolian block prints, photocopies, facsimile [...] facsimile editions and microfilms of Oriental manuscripts. In addition to more than 42,000 volumes of original manuscripts, current holdings also include over 180,000 films. These films primarily contain [...] manuscripts from Nepal that originated from the "Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project." The Oriental Department also provides library services and conservational supervision for about 40,000 text fragments

Orient Orient- und Ostasienlesesaal in der Potsdamer Straße Oriental and East-Asia Reading Room The Oriental Department and the East Asia Department jointly manage the Oriental and East Asia Reading Room [...] descriptions can be accessed via StabiKat . Access to our manuscripts and other special materials at the Oriental / East Asia Reading Room is possible Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm only. For access, please register

Orient Conditions of use Oriental manuscripts The Oriental manuscripts, block prints and similar materials or films of these are available in the Oriental and East Asian Reading Room exclusively for academic [...] of special materials at the Oriental and East Asia Reading Room are available in German and English . Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm Reproductions of Oriental manuscripts, block prints and

Orient DFG-Project „Orient-Digital“ (2020-2023) Initially conceived as a three-year project, "Orient-Digital“ was a DFG-funded project aimed at establishing a union catalogue and a portal for Oriental [...] München and Universitätsrechenzentrum Leipzig. The project’s objective was to centrally gather data on Oriental manuscripts which are currently scattered throughout German collections and to develop a uniform

Orient Events of the Oriental Department The Oriental Department of the Staatsbibliothek has organised numerous events in recent years. Here you will find an overview: Exhibitions Scriptorium - Manuscript