This site is the first phase of The Virtual Manuscript Room (VMR) project. In this phase, we present full digitized manuscripts from The Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts held at Special Collections in the University of Birmingham. This collection, previously unavailable on the web, has been designated as of national and international importance. As well as high-resolution images of each page, the VMR provides descriptions from the printed catalogue and from Special Collections’ own records.
Online Source: Yemeni Manuscript Digitization Initiative
http://pudl.princeton.edu/collections/pudl0079
The private manuscript libraries of Yemen, estimated at 50,000 codices, constitutes the largest and most important set of unexamined Arabic manuscripts in the world today. The Yemeni Manuscript Digitization Initiative presents, for the first time, access to manuscripts from three private libraries in Sanaa, Yemen, and virtually conjoins them to additional Yemeni manuscripts held by the Princeton University Library and Staatsbibliothek, Berlin. The texts in this archive were composed, copied, studied, and preserved by Zaydi scholars from the tenth century to the present. Zaydism is a leading school of Islam in Northern Yemen known for forms of rationalist theology that were abandoned in other regions. The Yemeni Manuscript Digitization Initiative is made possible by a Enriching Digital Collections Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The grant is administered by Princeton University Library and the Free University, Berlin in conjunction with a Yemeni NGO.
Online Source: Al-Ma’rifah
Online Source: Arabic Manuscript Online
http://wamcp.bibalex.org/en/home
The Arabic manuscripts collection of the Wellcome Library (London) comprises around 1000 manuscript books and fragments relating to the history of medicine. For the first time this website enables a substantial proportion of this collection to be consulted online via high-quality digital images of entire manuscripts and associated rich metadata.
Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) Grant
http://eap.bl.uk/pages/grants.html
The 2017 call for applications is now closed.
The next call for applications will go out in September 2017.
All applicants must initially submit a preliminary application form.
After assessment of the preliminary applications has taken place, only those subsequently invited may submit a detailed application. Invitations to submit a detailed application will be sent by the end of December.
Online Source: EThOS eTheses Online Service
Online Source: MyManuskrip
Online Source: Miscellanea documenti turchi
http://www.archiviodistatovenezia.it/divenire/collezione.htm;jsessionid=D12857232013C386F68950004BF822CE?idColl=24121
The Venetian State Archives (Archivio di Stato di Venezia) telah memberikan peluang akses atas talian secara percuma untuk koleksi bahan-bahan arkib berkaitan sejarah Uthmaniyyah.
Online Source: Tahrir Documents
http://www.tahrirdocuments.org/about/
Tahrir Documents is an ongoing effort to archive and translate activist papers from the 2011 Egyptian uprising and its aftermath. Materials are collected from demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and published in complete English translation alongside scans of the original documents. The project is not affiliated with any political organization, Egyptian or otherwise.
