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Arabic
14,005
Persian
13,712
Multiple Languages
1,851
Ottoman Turkish
1,266
Syriac
379
English
312
Urdu
286
Pashto
266
Swahili
221
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164
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142
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134
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134
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122
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81
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69
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30
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28
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26
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22
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5,223
18th Century
2,804
19th Century
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15th Century
769
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476
13th Century
372
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307
12th Century
193
11th Century
139
Date in unsupported calendar
108
10th Century
64
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63
9th Century
55
8th Century
25
7th Century
18
6th Century
9
3rd Century
7
2nd Century
4
1st Century
1
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Paper
15,377
Unknown
72
Parchment
43
Other
22
Mixed
2
Papyrus
1
Decoration
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13,037
Yes
2,478
Digital facsimile online
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15,116
Yes
353
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46
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Oxford University
9,057
British Library
6,246
Cambridge University
6,029
The University of Manchester
2,510
School of Oriental and African Studies
2,292
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
1,145
University of Birmingham
784
King's College Cambridge
560
Eton College
500
Wellcome Trust
454
Wadham College (University of Oxford)
388
Trinity College Cambridge
270
University of St Andrews
113
Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project
91
The Fitzwilliam Museum
65
Jesus College (Cambridge)
45
Hertford College (University of Oxford)
23
Queens' College (Cambridge)
23
Keble College (University of Oxford)
13
Trinity Hall (Cambridge)
13
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
6
Wigan Council Archives: Wigan & Leigh
5
Ancient India and Iran Trust
2
New College (University of Oxford)
2
St Antony's College (Oxford)
2
Trinity College (University of Oxford)
2
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Additional Manuscripts
14
Anderson Collection
10
Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project collection
66
Arabic Manuscripts
368
Asian Collection Haddad
2
Danson Oriental Manuscripts
1
E. G. Browne Collection
474
Erpenius Collection
12
Eton Windsor
30
Grenville Manuscripts
1
India Office Library
1,300
India Office Library Ashburner Collection Royal Society Arabic and Persian
9
India Office Library Jones Collection Royal Society Arabic and Persian
118
India Office Library Warren Hastings Collection
1
Irvine Collection
190
Islamicate Manuscripts
12
Manuscripts and Archives Research Library
2
Manuscripts in Arabic
240
Mingana
413
Oriental Manuscripts
5,388
Oriental Manuscripts A. Walker Collection
83
Oriental Manuscripts Asiatic miscellany
1
Oriental Manuscripts Bruce Collection
62
Oriental Manuscripts Clarke Collection
1
Oriental Manuscripts D'Orville Collection
3
Oriental Manuscripts Dawkins Collection
11
Oriental Manuscripts Digby Oriental Collection
24
Oriental Manuscripts Douce Collection
5
Oriental Manuscripts Douce Oriental Collection
8
Oriental Manuscripts E. D. Clarke Collection
7
Oriental Manuscripts E. D. Clarke Oriental Collection
25
Oriental Manuscripts Elliott Collection
327
Oriental Manuscripts Fraser Collection
137
Oriental Manuscripts Gore Ouseley Collection
1
Oriental Manuscripts Greaves Collection
33
Oriental Manuscripts Hatton Oriental Collection
6
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington
1
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington (donation)
1
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
331
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection (donated)
1
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington donat. Collection
18
Oriental Manuscripts Hyde Collection
32
Oriental Manuscripts India Institute
2
Oriental Manuscripts India Institute Collection Shaw Collection
1
Oriental Manuscripts Indian Institute
1
Oriental Manuscripts Ingrams Collection
1
Oriental Manuscripts Lambe Collection
3
Oriental Manuscripts Laud
2
Oriental Manuscripts Laud Collection
14
Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental
1
Oriental Manuscripts Laud Oriental Collection
192
Oriental Manuscripts Lawn Oriental Collection
2
Oriental Manuscripts Lister Oriental Collection
5
Oriental Manuscripts Lyell Collection
1
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh
2
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
576
Oriental Manuscripts Marshall Oriental Collection
32
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
221
Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley
1
Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley Add. Collection
126
Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley Collection
264
Oriental Manuscripts Pococke Collection
295
Oriental Manuscripts Rawlinson Collection
8
Oriental Manuscripts Rawlinson Oriental Collection
27
Oriental Manuscripts S. Clarke Collection
7
Oriental Manuscripts Sale
1
Oriental Manuscripts Sale Collection
76
Oriental Manuscripts Selden Collection
56
Oriental Manuscripts Selden Superius
1
Oriental Manuscripts Selden Superius Collection
1
Oriental Manuscripts Selden superius Collection
73
Oriental Manuscripts Selden supra Collection
3
Oriental Manuscripts Shaw Collection
6
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Collection
1
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
192
Oriental Manuscripts Thurston Collection
37
Oriental Manuscripts Whinfield Collection
43
Pashto Manuscripts
15
Persian Manuscripts
1,494
Pote Collection
530
Raverty Collection
10
Special Collections
1,025
St Augustine's College Collection
25
Syriac Manuscripts
274
The Fitzwilliam Museum
44
Turkish Manuscripts
55
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