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A Celebration of The Mingana Collection Online

July 8th 2009, Barber Institute, University of Birmingham.

A celebration, to mark the launch online of seventy manuscripts from the Mingana Collection (including, two of the oldest fragments of the Qur’an in existence) and of the Virtual Manuscript Room.

Pre-registration essential: contact Frouke Schrijver.

• 10.30 – 11
  Registration and Coffee


• 11.00 – 12.30
  Welcome, and official launch of the Mingana Online
  David Thomas, University of Birmingham: ‘Alphonse Mingana and Birmingham’
  Hikmat Kachouh, Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut: ‘What is unique about Mingana Islamic Arabic 1572 and Mingana Christian Arabic 124?’
  Gerd R. Puin, University of Saarland: ‘Proposals for an electronic publication of a Qur’an manuscript similar to Mingana 1572’


• 12.30 – 1.30
  Lunch


• 1.30 -3.00
  Peter Robinson, University of Birmingham: ‘Mingana Online and the Virtual Manuscript Room’
  Lucy-Anne Hunt, Manchester Metropolitan University: ‘Illustrations and Bindings in the Mingana Collection’
  David Taylor, University of Oxford: ‘The importance of the Syriac mss in the Mingana Collection’


• 3.00 - 4.00
  Refreshments
  

Some manuscripts from the Mingana collection will be on display.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided. Because numbers are limited, preregister by email to Frouke Schrijver.

The University of Birmingham is grateful for the support of the Cadbury Foundation and of the Joint Information Systems Committee.