Ценные находки рукописей священных текстов бабизма и религии бахаи в собраниях Санкт-Петербурга/Discoveries of Valuable Manuscripts of the Sacred Texts of the Babi and Baha’i Religions in St.-Petersburg Manuscript Collections
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Письменные памятники Востока [12] 1 No.24, 97-106Abstract: The article deals with precious manuscripts of Babi and Baha’i texts from St.-Petersburg MS collections which have been identified by the author for the last decade. Despite the fact that these collections originated in the 19th and early 20th centuries, not all the manuscripts obtained at the time were identified correctly or at all. The identification of the texts they contain has been continuing up to the preset day, and the last decade has been marked by new fruitful discoveries with four of such priceless manuscripts being precisely identified. The article briefly summarizes information about these discoveries.
The article deals with precious manuscripts of Babi and Baha’i texts from St.-Petersburg MS collections which have been identified by the author for the last decade. Despite the fact that these collections originated in the 19th and early 20th centuries, not all the manuscripts obtained at the time were identified correctly or at all. The identification of the texts they contain has been continuing up to the preset day, and the last decade has been marked by new fruitful discoveries with four of such priceless manuscripts being precisely identified. The article briefly summarizes information about these discoveries.