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Digital Resources for the Study of Persian Manuscripts
Archiving, Digitization, Iranian Studies, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Digital Resources for the Study of Persian Manuscripts

The following resources are some of the main institutions and libraries for the purpose, but this post can be updated … Continue reading Digital Resources for the Study of Persian Manuscripts

Digital Humanities and Manuscript Archives in Iran
Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Digital Humanities and Manuscript Archives in Iran

Professor Dr. Rasul Jafarian has significantly contributed to digital humanities during his services as the director of some of the … Continue reading Digital Humanities and Manuscript Archives in Iran

Digitization, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies

Shahnama Studies in the Digital Era

Shiva Mihan – Ali Shapouran The Shahnama or Book of Kings, one of the world’s longest epics, is the national epic of … Continue reading Shahnama Studies in the Digital Era

Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a Fingernail Calligraphy Album from Twentieth-century Iran
Iranian Studies, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a Fingernail Calligraphy Album from Twentieth-century Iran

Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes (independent paper and book conservator and researcher, Utrecht, the Netherlands) and Shiva Mihan (Fellow in the School of … Continue reading Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a Fingernail Calligraphy Album from Twentieth-century Iran

The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of Eton part (II)
Digitization, Indian Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies

The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of Eton part (II)

The Pote collection of Islamic manuscripts was brought to England in 1790 and was divided between King’s College and Eton … Continue reading The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of Eton part (II)

The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of King’s part (I)
Digitization, Indian Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies

The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of King’s part (I)

The Pote collection contains many textually useful manuscripts especially in the field of the history of India; however, although most … Continue reading The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of King’s part (I)

Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Online Catalogue
Archiving, Digitization, Islamic Studies

Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Online Catalogue

I (re)catalogued about over 550 ‘oriental’ manuscripts of the Pote Collection of Islamic manuscripts in the course of two consecutive … Continue reading Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Online Catalogue

Fingernail Art (II): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century
Digitization, Indian Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Topics, Visualization

Fingernail Art (II): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

Part II : Neighbouring Countries and Contemporary artists Abstract Fingernail art is a little known and studied Persian artistic medium, … Continue reading Fingernail Art (II): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

Fingernail Art (I): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century
Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Textual Analysis

Fingernail Art (I): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

Part I : Iran Abstract Fingernail art is a little known and studied Persian artistic medium, which was used in … Continue reading Fingernail Art (I): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

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