Medieval History
Due to lack of proper preservation, century old 'puthis' and manuscripts, rare books, newspapers and periodicals printed in Bangladesh during the last century, have been decaying at the Dhaka University Central Library.
About 300 rare manuscripts and at least 600-microfilmed newspapers have already been damaged, although there is a supervisory committee to look into this.
Another 500 hundred 'puthis' and newspapers are going to face the same fate if preventive steps are not taken, said sources at the library.
The university library has a collection of more than 30,000 such books and manuscripts, dating back to the medieval period, written on palm and banana leaves, barks, stone slabs and handmade papers in Sanskrit, Bangla, Arabic, Pali, Urdu, Persian, Maithili, Uriya, Hindi and a few other dialects.
Click here to read this article from the National News Agency of Bangladesh
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Medieval History
Lack of preservation puts priceless books, manuscripts at risk in Bangladesh
Due to lack of proper preservation, century old 'puthis' and manuscripts, rare books, newspapers and periodicals printed in Bangladesh during the last century, have been decaying at the Dhaka University Central Library.
About 300 rare manuscripts and at least 600-microfilmed newspapers have already been damaged, although there is a supervisory committee to look into this.
Another 500 hundred 'puthis' and newspapers are going to face the same fate if preventive steps are not taken, said sources at the library.
The university library has a collection of more than 30,000 such books and manuscripts, dating back to the medieval period, written on palm and banana leaves, barks, stone slabs and handmade papers in Sanskrit, Bangla, Arabic, Pali, Urdu, Persian, Maithili, Uriya, Hindi and a few other dialects.
Click here to read this article from the National News Agency of Bangladesh
- Medieval Fragments Found Sewn Into Latin Bible
A Waikato academic has found fragments of centuries-old manuscripts sewn into the bindings of books at Auckland's Central City Library. Alexandra Barratt, emeritus professor at Waikato University, was going through the pages of a 15th century Latin...
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British scribe and illuminator Patricia Lovett will be this year?s guest for Indiana University?s Mediaevalia at the Lilly, an annual event focused on the Lilly Library?s large collection of rare medieval manuscripts and books. The event is directed by...
- Library Completes Digitization Of Medieval Manuscripts
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- Reused, Rebound, Recovered: Medieval Manuscript Fragments In Law Book Bindings: Exhibit At Yale University
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