Bibliotheca Alexandrina manuscripts and rare books museum : papyrus of the ancient library

Collection title

Bibliotheca Alexandrina manuscript and rare books museum

ID

BIB00029

Source

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)

First broadcast date

09/08/2007

Production year

2007

Abstract

This Museum houses around 120 manuscripts and rare books in a multitude of languages including Arabic and Latin. Additionally, two original pieces of the Kiswa (decorative black brocade cover, embroidered in gold with Quranic verses) of the Holy Kaaba adorn the walls above the Islamic manuscripts. Visitors can review the electronic publications of the Manuscript Center applying state-of-the-art digital techniques on touch-screen computers. This program enables the user to review any given manuscript, browse its different pages, magnify the desired part, and listen to related commentary and explanation.

Type

video

Production companies

• Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Own production

Broadcaster

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Audiovisual form

Library footage

Primary theme

Languages and literatures

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Writing, graphic culture
• Historical heritages / Antiquity
• Historical heritages / Arab and muslim worlds
• Tourism and cultural sites / Museum

Period of events

• 2007

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

English

Media running time

2m7