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 [...] house Unter den Linden, partly in the house Potsdamer Straße and in the outdoor magazine. The newer print collection, which was built up in the Asia-Africa Department of the German State Library (GDR), is

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 [...] catalogues (AK Or II and AK Or III) are specialised subject catalogues dedicated to the Oriental printed works of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and its precursors (Königliche Bibliothek, Preußische Staats [...] rung in wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken (RAK-WB)“. For the most part, the Oriental Department's printed works are catalogued in the StabiKat including parts of the old holdings and, since completion of

Fol. 105v Previous Next Oriental manuscripts and prints When the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm founded the library in 1661, Oriental manuscripts and prints were already part of the initial collection. The [...] Oriental Department was established as an independent department in 1919. It systematically acquires print and electronic resources from and on the following regions: the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia [...] e for the fields of Judaism and Eastern Christianity. Consisting of 42,000 manuscripts and block prints, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (SBB) holds the largest collection of Asia’s and Africa’s written cultural

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 [...] English . Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm Reproductions of Oriental manuscripts, block prints and microforms are available in digital format. Orders can be placed via the Staatsbibliothek Webshop

middle of the seventeenth century, the initial holdings already included Oriental manuscripts and printed works. Extensive acquisitions in the following years and a growing public interest in the "Orient" [...] Judaism in general) South Asia - Acquisition, cataloguing and management of manuscripts and block prints from all regions of Asia and Africa. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Orientabteilung Potsdamer Straße

"Deitshland", a Zionist movement. It was initially printed by the Landsberg publishing house Martin Neumeyer in Landsberg am Lech. Later it was printed by the Süddeutscher Verlag itself. The newspaper was [...] Orient New acquisitions The current new acquisitions of printed publications in the general collection can be viewed here . In accordance with its new acquisition profile , the Oriental Department also [...] persecution. The books were mainly religious works, but also fiction and practical literature were printed, mostly on bad paper, which is why the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin has started a large-scale restoration

Orient Catalogues For the most part, the Oriental Department's printed works are catalogued in the StabiKat including parts of the old holdings and, since completion of the retro-conversion in 2015, the

collections and to develop a uniform data model. This was achieved through retro-conversion of older print catalogues and data transfer from existing applications. The focus was on Arabic, Persian and Ottoman

the East Asian manuscripts of the Staatsbibliothek. The same applies to Tibetan and Mongolian block prints as well as photocopies, facsimile editions and microfilms of oriental manuscripts. The collection

Heinrich Friedrich von Diez (1751–1817), which he had bequeathed to the Royal Library, contains 17,000 printed books and 836 manuscripts, including over 400 oriental ones. Among the 51 Persian manuscripts are [...] with numerous Persian manuscripts from India. Sprenger had collected about 2,000 manuscripts and prints in Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages as well as Hindustani in Syria and India, which were purchased