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‘Our Library’ databank / collection

The ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ also includes the online catalogue of the holdings of the Al-Furqan’s physical Library. It is an electronic bibliographic database which describes the Library items, and the way of accessing them.

The Library Collection represents a cornerstone reference collection on major research areas, including Islamic manuscripts. The major subjects covered are: Qur’anic studies, Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic theology, philosophy, science, medicine, history, geography, art and architecture, and literature; all of them written in the major Islamic languages, including Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Swahili, Gujarati, as well as European languages and Russian. The Library collection also includes multilingual dictionaries, Arabic biographical dictionaries and encyclopaedias, covering the classical period to the present time.

To date, the Library has collected over 11,000 titles in more than 16,000 volumes, on various subjects. Moreover, the Library's collections include almost 1,800 printed Islamic manuscript catalogues in around 2,500 volumes, from over 70 countries.

The library’s holdings are arranged and organised according to the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) for ease of use, while its collection of catalogues of Islamic manuscripts is classified by country.

Country:Egypt
City:Cairo
Library:Coptic Museum (Al-Matḥaf al-Qibṭi)

Catalogue de manuscrits arabes Chrétiens conservés au Caire

Par Georg Graf
Series:Studi e testi ; 63
Publication Details: Date: 1977
Place: Modena
Publisher: Foto-Lito Dini
Edition: Ristampa anastatica: Roma: Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1934.‎
Physical Description:332 p.‎ ; 25 cm.‎
Notes:Description of 730 mss.‎ held in the Coptic Museum in Cairo (Matḥaf al-Athār al-Qibṭīyah) and in the Coptic Library at Ezbikīyah in the Darb al-Wāsi, Cairo.‎ World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts, v.‎ 1, p.‎ 202.‎
Language:French
الفرنسية
Contributors:GRAF, Georg (Compiler)
جراف، جيورج (محرر)
Subject:Islamic manuscripts — Union catalogues & Reference works
المخطوطات الإسلامية فهارس موحّدة والمراجع

Item Shelf Details:Location: Catalogue collection
Library ID: 8967 Class Mark: Z6620.E4.C3.C66 Main Accession Number: 1280
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Country:Egypt
City:Cairo
Library:Coptic Museum (Al-Matḥaf al-Qibṭi)
Catalogue:Catalogue de manuscrits arabes Chrétiens conservés au Caire
Contact:Kom Ghorab, Misr Al Qadimah, Cairo Governorate, Égypte
Telephone:+20 2 23628766
Date of establishment:1920
Status:Institutional
Status Details:State museum library
Condition of access:Open to researchers and postgraduate students.
Description of Collection:Arabic and Coptic (sometimes bilingual) MSS predominate, and the subject-matter is mainly Christian (Bible, liturgies, hagiography, etc.‎), but there are also some on medical and scientific subjects.‎ They date mostly from the 16th– 19th centuries.‎
The MSS are generally in good condition, and are kept in glass-fronted cupboards.‎ Conservation and repair work is carried out by the Egyptian Antiquities Service, to which the Museum belongs.‎
Notes: See published World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts. 1992 - 1994, Vol.1, p 211.
Published Catalogues:3
Unpublished Catalogues:2