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In February, Ilse was invited to give the Richard & Mary Rouse History of the Book Lecture at UCLA as a guest speaker on “On the Introduction of Chinese Decorated Paper to Iran and How it Revolutionised Manuscript Production in the Islamic World”. This lecture offered insights into the circumstances under which Chinese paper was… Continue reading LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, February 2024

  At the CSMC At the end of January, we headed to Hamburg’s Centre for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), where we gave a talk at the “Facing New Materials: Changes of Writing Substances, Implements and Supports in Manuscript Cultures” workshop entitled “The Introduction of Chinese Decorated Paper to Iran and Its Huge Impact… Continue reading HAMBURG, January 2024

Impression of the Salar Jung Museum   In the period leading up to Christmas, we travelled to a very special destination, namely Hyderabad in India. Our 10-day visit to the Salar Jung Museum turned out to be extremely interesting, not only because the museum has an exceptionally great collection, but also because the people in… Continue reading HYDERABAD, December 2023

Chester Beatty Library   The second research trip over several days took us to the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin together with LMU doctoral student Mandana Bender, who will be supporting us in the project from October 2024. There, we were welcomed by the curator Dr Moya Carey, who provided us with the multitude of… Continue reading DUBLIN, October 2023

  The research trips were kicked off by a short stay in Vienna, where we studied a Safina manuscript (ANL N.F. 143) in the Austrian National Library. This manuscript contains a collection of poems, mainly ghazals by various Persian poets, and was completed in Shiraz in 865 AH/1460 CE, as can be gathered from the… Continue reading VIENNA, October 2023