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Mapping Medieval Scholarship: Arabic Audition Certificates from the Leiden Special Collections

Traces of use in old books—annotations, marginal glosses or coffee stains—reveal how readers engaged with texts through the ages. Certain Arabic manuscripts include notes that reveal the social history of their readership.

Guest author • 08-05-2026

Middle Eastern Special Collections

Digitisation Project of Yemeni Manuscripts at Leiden University Libraries

The Yemeni manuscripts of Leiden University Libraries are now being digitised as part of The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition, a project coordinated by Professor Sabine Schmidtke (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton).

Arnoud Vrolijk • 15-11-2018