A last touch-up on my presentation at the IQSA conference in London this afternoon! IQSA WEB

2.Abdülhamit Kütüphanesi cuma günü kapılarını ilk kez Yıldız Sarayı’nda açıyor. İlk defa görülecek ya 'Muhibbi' mahlasıyla Kanuni Sultan Süleyman'a ait divan, Matrakçı Nasuh’un eseri, Katip Çelebi'nin 'Cihannüma'sı ve ünlü hattatlara ait Kur'an-ı Kerim örnekleri yer alıyor.

I was very honored to visit the Aga Khan Center, its library and beautiful gardens, with my friend Walid Ghali! Such a peaceful place to work!

🎉I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a grant from the Max van Berchem Foundation in Geneva! Thanks to this grant, I’ll be able to pursue my research on early Qur’an manuscripts in Morocco! A huge thank you to the Max van Berchem Foundation for its support and trust!

Yazma eserlerde ve levhalarda yazı alanını ayırmak üzere çekilen çizgilere "cetvel" denmektedir. Cetvelde saf altın kullanıldığı gibi altın-metal karışımları da kullanılmaktadır. Metal iyonlarının oksidatif tahrip edici etkisi sonucunda kırılganlaşma görülebilmektedir. Örneğin;

After two weeks of conferencing I was knackered and not ready for a two-hour flight delay. But the delay, my boredom, & a batteryless laptop meant I had no alternative but to stare at photos of papyri on my phone. And lo and behold, I find the earliest ever attestation of kharāj

Found this book at an antiquarian book market in Paris. Very interesting art historical work with 200 detailed geometrical plates on Arabic Art by Jules Bourgoin (1838-1908), published in 1879!😍

With the support of Canadian Heritage, we’re pleased to announce the launch of our digitized manuscript collection portal! Explore 12 historical manuscripts, including works by Rumi and One Hundred Sayings (Sad Kalima). Visit bit.ly/digitized-manu… and start exploring!

The summer office is almost ready! Greetings from the wonderful spot of Giallonardo in Sicily 😍

New Brill Series. I’m happy to announce that we have launched a new book series with Brill Publishers (Brill MidEast Africa). The series is called 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 (𝐈𝐓𝐇). The series welcomes contributions on all aspects of thought and the

I'm about to start watching this. As some of you may know, I don't have a particularly high opinion of Arabic101, but now he's wading into the manuscript fray... Will be live-tweeting facepalms as I go through it.

There are other 9th century examples, Vat. Borg. Ar. 95, Sinai Arabic 75, and Vat. Borg. Ar. 13

Thank you Passerby Magazine for this intimate interview at home, and the chat about working at The New York Public Library, the traces of history left in manuscripts, and clubbing alone (listen to my playlist for passerby shorturl.at/5lPd4) passerbymagazine.com/profiles/hiba-…

#Nicolai_Sinai's note on the facsimile edition of #Codex_Mashhad codexmashhad.com/en/on-the-facs…

My article on an old sample of Qur'an transcribing in #Bayhaq by a shi'ite scholar, #Yaḥyā_b_Hibatullāh_al_Ḥusaynī, dedicated to the Shrine of Imām al-Riḍā in 535 AH/ 1140 AD, now preserved in the #Āstān_Quds_Library (Mashhad) jap.isca.ac.ir/article_75865.…