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Brovenko N.On Changing the Means of the Berezovsky Collection Storing // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 5. No. 4. December 1999. P. 40—46.
The small Berezovsky collection (only 130 items) occupies
a special place in the manuscript collection of the
St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies.
A rich variety of writing materials — paper, birch bark, silk,
palm leaves, wood — and writing itself — upright
and slanting Brāhmī, Chinese hieroglyphics — make the
documents of this collection particularly interesting. It is
therefore not surprising that the Berezovsky collection has
always drawn attention of numerous Orientalists. The
collection is also distinguished by the fact that all of the
manuscripts are identified geographically and topographically.
In 1906, M. M. Berezovsky carried out excavations in
Kucha, a famous oasis with many temples and monasteries:
Kyzyl Minuy, On Bash Minuy, Kyzyl Karga, Tadjit Minuy.
Berezovsky scrupulously described his finds and accurately
drew up maps and diagrams to show where they had been
discovered. The Archive of the St. Petersburg Branch of the
Institute of Oriental Studies contains his lists of finds and
his sketches (fund 59, inv. 1, items 21, 26). All of the materials
collected were carefully processed - manuscripts and
fragments were placed in paper bags and envelopes with an
indication of their quantity, where they had been discovered,
and their material. At the same time, in 1906, many
manuscript fragments were placed in acetate pulp film, so-called
gelatin, and thick paper was pasted tightly over the
edges. (Envelope where fragments SI B/19 are contained
has a note about this in Berezovsky’s own hand). They have
been preserved in this form until the present day. At that
time, this means of preservation was considered the best.
Unfortunately, the acetate pulp film has undergone changes
over time, losing its transparency, yellowing and darkening;
it has become cracked, deformed, and bent (see fig. 1)...
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