Coptic – Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) https://iric.org Wed, 10 May 2023 07:32:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.14 https://iric.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iric-favicon.png Coptic – Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) https://iric.org 32 32 OPenn Primary Digital Manuscripts of the Muslim World Available to Everyone https://iric.org/openn-primary-digital-manuscripts-of-the-muslim-world-available-to-everyone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openn-primary-digital-manuscripts-of-the-muslim-world-available-to-everyone https://iric.org/openn-primary-digital-manuscripts-of-the-muslim-world-available-to-everyone/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:26:33 +0000 https://demo.iric.org/?p=15577 The digital editions comprise more than 500 manuscripts and 827 paintings from the Islamicate. Together these holdings represent in great breadth the flourishing intellectual and cultural heritage of Muslim lands from 1000 to 1900, covering mathematics, astrology, history, law, literature, as well as the Qur’an and Hadith. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts in Arabic and Persian, along with examples of Coptic, Samaritan, Syriac, Turkish, and Berber.

Manuscripts of the Muslim World will include digital editions of more than 500 manuscripts and 827 paintings from the Islamicate world broadly construed. Together these holdings represent in great breadth the flourishing intellectual and cultural heritage of Muslim lands from 1000 to 1900, covering mathematics, astrology, history, law, literature, as well as the Qur’an and Hadith. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts in Arabic and Persian, along with examples of Coptic, Samaritan, Syriac, Turkish, and Berber. The primary partners are Columbia University, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania with significant contributions from Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. This collection is funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources.

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