Wajudul Ashequn

By TNN, *Library's digitized data a boon for readers* - The Times of India - India
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Patna: Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library is organizing a presentation of digital images of some of its manuscripts on Saturday.

The formal presentation will be made to the governor.

These manuscripts will be displayed on screen before the guests. They include a text on Sufism entitled Wajudul Ashequn and a copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Both these work offer beautiful specimen of the art of book— decoration and calligraphy — in the medieval Islamic world.

Some digitized paintings from illustrated manuscripts at the library will also be shown on screen. The digitization of select manuscripts has been done to save them from constant wear and tear due to frequent handling and enable the web hosting of the manuscripts for the readers.

The pilot project is now complete and the outputs are available. The proposed programme is intended to provide a glimpse of the future plan of action of the library and the facilities it is going to provide for readers and visitors coming here.

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