MANUSCRIPTA ORIENTALIA
VOL. VII    NO. 4    December       2001

 

EDITORIAL BOARD
TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH 5
A.Sazykin. The Message of the Three Sacred Mongol Lamas 5
M.Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya. A Sanskrit Manuscript on Birch-bark from Bairam-Ali. II. Avadana and Jataka (part 5) 12
P.Lurje. Arabosogdica: Place-names in Transoxiana as Written in Arabic Script 22
V.Polosin. Unknown Numerical Aesthetics in the Design of Turkish Manuscripts 30
TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION 37
K.Kepping. Mi-nia (Tangut) Self-appellation and Self-portraiture in Khara Khoto Materials 37
PRESENTING THE COLLECTIONS 48
E.Rezvan. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Faberge. III: Biographical Works and Portraits (part 1) 48
ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES 55
N.Serikoff. Image and Letter: "Pace" in Arabic Script (a Thumb-nail Index as a Tool for a Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts. Principles and Criteria for its Construction) 55