Manuscripts and the written heritage of the Mediterranean

We are part of history as history is part of us, since we have been in the caverns we have sought a way to…

The Budeiri Library in Jerusalem is a private family manuscript collection: what it holds, its history, and where to consult catalogues and records.

How Mediterranean manuscripts are digitised: capture, cataloguing standards and IIIF, plus Greek, Arabic and Latin collections to consult online.

What manuscripts survive from the ancient Library of Alexandria, and what does the modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina hold today? A factual guide with sources.

A concise history of 19th- and 20th-century Arabic and Berber language manuals, with library holdings and consultation guidance for researchers.