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BA Manuscripts Museum’s Summer Activities

The BA Manuscripts Museum organizes a series of free lectures and workshops for schoolchildren aged 10 – 14, under the title “Arabs and Medicine” during the summer vacation, from 29 June to 31 August 2022. The events aim at introducing the Arab heritage of manuscripts, as well as the most ...

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Workshop: Modern Scientific Methods for the Conservation, Display, and Storage of Archaeological Wood

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Manuscript and Antiquities Museums are organizing a workshop entitled “Modern Scientific Methods for the Conservation, Display, and Storage of Archaeological Wood Applied on Wooden Manuscript Covers”, from 10 to 12 November 2020, at 11:00 am, in the Bibliotheca ...

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“A Journey through Al-Andalus” at the BA

The Museum Tours Section, affiliated to the BA Manuscripts Museum, organizes a summer program for the year 2020, from 5 to 26 August. The program includes lectures and workshops for children and young people that will be delivered through Zoom application, under the title “A Journey through ...

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Nanotechnology Utilized in Manuscripts Restoration at the BA

The BA Manuscript Museum Chemistry and Environmental Monitoring Section was able to utilize nanotechnology in the chemical treatment process of manuscripts and rare books. The Section managed to prepare the chemical compound—Calcium carbonate—in the lab in the form of Nanos and record the process ...

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Electronic Indexing Project at BA Manuscript Center

The BA Manuscript Center, in cooperation with the Manuscripts Museum Department, is working on indexing all of its possessions as part of its electronic indexing project. The project includes indexing all of the collections held by the BA, whether they are original or photocopied. The project will ...

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