The present publication aims to draw attention to one of the Christian Arabic manuscripts in the collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (call number A 187). Among numerous extant manuscripts, executed in the Arab Christian milieu, this one is of special interest because of miniatures it contains. Only few of such illustrated codices have come down to us. In addition, the miniatures were performed by the outstanding artist known as Yusuf Musawwir…
On November 21‒23, 2024, the 2nd All-Russia conference of young orientalists “Army and military traditions of the Near East” will be held at the IOM RAS and the HSE (Saint Petersburg). The conference program is now available.
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