completely digitized in 2013/2014. In addition to digitization, special attention was paid to description of the miniatures. In order to meet the special features of the materials, a module for book art was developed [...] partially reconstructed. Furthermore, the elaborate coffer binding needs to be reinforced. Finally, a special book cradle has to be constructed to enable digitisation and future use without risk to the manuscript [...] prints, which were found at the beginning of the 20th century in the Turfanoase and the adjacent areas (today: Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region, PR China) and the majority of which originate from the

considered. The focus is on developments in Germany in a broad international context. Topic area 2: Contexts This area takes as its starting point social- and cultural-historical questions that go beyond the [...] on the historical development of these collections as well as on potential cross-connections. Topic area 1: Collection history We welcome contributions that approach collection history from different pe [...] organized under the title: “Codicological and Paleographical Aspects of Islamic Manuscripts, with a Special Focus on Manuscript Notes” Codicological and palaeographical aspects of Islamic manuscripts, like