A second post by our guest contributor the Baha’i scholar Dr. Moojan Momen celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of the Bab with an account of one of our most important manuscripts, the Star Tablet written in his own hand.
The Buddhist Kathina Festival
Kathina robe-offering ceremony
Kathina robe-offering ceremony
Remembering Legendary Bookbinder Bernard Middleton 1924-2019
Bookbinder Bernard Middleton celebrates 90th birthday
Bookbinder Bernard Middleton celebrates 90th birthday
British Library Receives Gift of the Pali Tipitaka
On the occasion of the opening of the Buddhism exhibition, the British Library received a gift from the World Tipitaka Foundation, Thailand, of the Buddhist canon in the Pali language.
On the occasion of the opening of the Buddhism exhibition, the British Library received a gift from the World Tipitaka Foundation, Thailand, of the Buddhist canon in the Pali language.
Emanating Light: Illumination in Islamic Manuscripts
Without the ability to travel time it may forever be impossible to restage the medieval and early-modern viewing conditions of Islamic manuscripts.
Without the ability to travel time it may forever be impossible to restage the medieval and early-modern viewing conditions of Islamic manuscripts.
Monastic Ordination in Theravada Buddhism
This is the fourth of a series of blog posts looking forward to the British Library exhibition on Buddhism
This is the fourth of a series of blog posts looking forward to the British Library exhibition on Buddhism
Marking the Bicentenary of the Birth of the BāB
Today's post coincides with the launch of the British Library's new learning resource Discovering Sacred Texts and exhibition of Sacred highlights in the British Library’s permanent Treasures Gallery.
Today’s post coincides with the launch of the British Library’s new learning resource Discovering Sacred Texts and exhibition of Sacred highlights in the British Library’s permanent Treasures Gallery.
Vietnamese Manuscripts in the British Library
The British Library holds one of the richest and most diverse collections of fifteenth-century South Asian manuscripts belonging to the sultanates.
The British Library holds one of the richest and most diverse collections of fifteenth-century South Asian manuscripts belonging to the sultanates.
Arts of the South Asian Sultanates at the British Library
The British Library holds one of the richest and most diverse collections of fifteenth-century South Asian manuscripts belonging to the sultanates.
The British Library holds one of the richest and most diverse collections of fifteenth-century South Asian manuscripts belonging to the sultanates.
Mughal India Exhibition
— By Malini Roy Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire British Library (till 2 April 2013) The current exhibition at the British Library explores one of the most powerful and splendid of all the world’s great dynasties with Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire. The ‘Great Mogul’ seated on a jewel-encrusted throne is one of…