Cataloguing and digitisation of the Ottoman manuscripts of Tübingen University Library

• Applicant: Regine Tobias
• Subject Area: Islamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 456353943

The Tübingen University Library owns around 1,900 oriental manuscripts, most of which came to the university library as collections in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Ottoman-Turkish holdings include 287 volumes dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries. According to current knowledge, this is a very important collection of Ottoman-Turkish manuscripts in Germany. The project is divided into two phases. The aim of the overall project is the digitization of 243 volumes and the cataloguing of 287 volumes. The second project phase applied for here aims to digitize 58 volumes and catalog 96 volumes. The catalog entries will be created and presented in Qalamos.

• DFG Programme: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)