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ISMI: A 21st-Century Resource for Accessing Islamic Scientific Manuscripts

Thumbnail No 60 The Islamic Scientific Manuscript Initiative (ISMI) started more than ten years ago with a mission to make accessible information on all Islamic manuscripts in the exact sciences, whether in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, or other languages. Tens of thousands of scientific manuscripts located in repositories worldwide currently remain unread, leaving questions about the authors, copyists, and readers and their historical context unanswered. The ISMI database was created as a resource to go beyond the studies of a few individuals and manuscripts, and to view Islamic science as a social endeavor.
  • Robert Casties
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