This database provides information on Indonesian Islamic manuscripts as complete as possible, written both in Arabic and local languages. It also provides some other useful information such as the author names with their biographical accounts, number of copies kept in all libraries around the world, catalogues that list the related manuscripts including their pages and summaries, and all the articles and books about them.
The database shows an even greater importance with the availability of information about the conducted, as well as the ongoing, philological works. It is hoped that not only can it avoid unnecessary repetition in studying these texts but also fill the gaps found in the previous studies.
Considering a huge number of Indonesian Islamic manuscripts kept around the world, mounting to hundred thousand manuscripts or even more, as it is thought, this database is definitely a lifetime project in which all data will be continuously revised and completed in accordance with the research findings in the future.
If you have any research data and information should be included in the database, please contact me at omanwae@gmail.com
One thing I should mention that this early version of the database is not complete yet at all. You may still find many texts explained in Indonesian , or even texts without any explanation.
Any comments and advices are welcome to make the database more useful for academic audiences in the future.
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Oman
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Dr. Oman Fathurahman
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta
