There is a strong possibility of these documents being lost forever if this situation continues unchecked.The Riau Archipelago spreads over a vast geographic area in the triangle between Sumatra, Singapore and the Borneo. However, these collections are in private hands, have not had the benefit of professional archival care, and are being cannabilised for commercial sale by antique hunters. "There are small collections of documents in the Riau Archipelago, which may throw new light on our appreciation of the wider Malay-Muslim world. Riau manuscripts: the gateway to the Malay intellectual world We now have 4 collections and more than 179 titles of manuscripts in our archive.” As such, repositories, cultural and national heritage centers, manuscript libraries and museums are invited to share and provide access to their manuscript contents and expert knowledge concerning Malay scriptorium. “.MyManuskrip or Digital Library of Malay Manuscript enables repositories within Malaysia and those outside to participate in building and offering manuscript content as well as outputs of manuscript research such as articles, reports, theses and links to relevant sites. The latter was employed as a cataloguer at the John Rylands Library from 1915 onwards, later transferring his services (and at least ten manuscripts illicitly) to Selly Oak College in Birmingham.MyManuskrip (Digital Library of Malay Manuscripts) The remainder came from the scholar-collectors James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) and Alphonse Mingana (1878-1937). Manuscripts numbered 1 to 6 derive from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana of the earls of Crawford, the manuscript portion of which Enriqueta Rylands purchased in 1901. Other important Syriac manuscripts not yet digitised include a 6th-century Four Gospels in the Peshitta version, said to have belonged to the Monastery of Mar Zakkai (Syriac MS 1) a 12th-century New Testament, including Revelation and minor catholic epistles, and the Passion story excerpted from the Gospels of Thomas of Harqel (Syriac MS 2) Apocryphal books of the Old Testament in East Syriac script, 15th-17th centuries (Syriac MS 3) the Odes and Psalms of Solomon, 15th-17th centuries (Syriac MS 9) and the New Testament Acts and Epistles in the Peshitta version, 9th-11th centuries (Syriac MS 15). The selected works available in this digital collection include a manuscript of the Peshitta Old Testament copied in China ( Syriac MS 4) works by Bar Hebraus ( Syriac MS 16 and Syriac MS 44) books of hymns ( Syriac MS 6 and Syriac MS 24) and an illustrated compendium of amulets ( Syriac MS 52). Some items are extremely important for their rarity or age. 48 items are in West Syrian dialect, the remainder in East Syrian and Melkite some include Karshuni (Arabic language in Syriac script). Amongst the secular works are grammars, dictionaries, writings on natural history, philosophy, astrology and the occult. The former include Old and New Testaments, Bible commentaries, lectionaries, psalters, collections of hymns, prayers, amulets or charms, and liturgical books. Both sacred and secular texts are represented. The Syriac manuscript collection in the John Rylands Library comprises some seventy manuscripts and manuscript fragments dating from the 6th century CE to the early 20th.
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