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Oriental Department in the National Library "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" – Sofia

Year 2020, Volume 7, Issue 1, 17 - 21, 30.11.2020

Abstract

The Oriental Department consist of manuscripts, old-printed books and archive documents in Ottoman Turkish, Persian and Arabic. 4000 handwritten codes are stored in the collection, as well as 2000 volumes of old-printed books and about 1 million sheets of documentary records, organised in 342,000 archive units. Archival documents cover the period from the 15th century to the beginning of the 20th century and shed light on a wide range of political, economic, social and cultural topics. The Oriental Department consist of manuscripts, old-printed books and archive documents in Ottoman Turkish, Persian and Arabic. 4000 handwritten codes are stored in the collection, as well as 2000 volumes of old-printed books and about 1 million sheets of documentary records, organised in 342,000 archive units. Archival documents cover the period from the 15th century to the beginning of the 20th century and shed light on a wide range of political, economic, social and cultural topics.

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Year 2020, Volume 7, Issue 1, 17 - 21, 30.11.2020

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Primary Language English
Subjects Social, Information Science and Library Science
Journal Section Review/Survey Papers
Authors

Desislava KOSTADİNOVA> (Primary Author)
Institute for Historical Studies - The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgaria

Publication Date November 30, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020, Volume 7, Issue 1

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APA Kostadinova, D. (2020). Oriental Department in the National Library "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" – Sofia . Journal of Balkan Libraries Union , 7 (1) , 17-21 . Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jblu/issue/57955/791404