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Abr 1, 2019, 9:03 pm

The Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.


The Library of Congress is home to a noteworthy collection of rare Persian language manuscripts, lithographic books and early imprints, as well as printed books, housed in the African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) and the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

The Library's Near East Section showcased over 40 of these rare Persian manuscripts and lithographic books for the first time, in the exhibition "A Thousand Years of the Persian Book". As a result of the interest generated by the exhibition, the Near East Section, with support from many divisions across the Library, began a digitization project in 2015 aimed at digitizing all of the rare Persian language treasures at the Library covering all the manuscripts, lithographs and the early imprint book collections as well as a rare collection of Islamic Book Bindings. Currently the collection features the Persian manuscript holdings at the Library. The Persian lithograph and early imprint titles will be added to the site in the near future.

Collection of Rare Persian Language Materials

Related Past Exhibit

A Thousand Years of the Persian Book

Original Exhibit ran from March 27, 2014–September 20, 2014

Persian gained prominence as a literary language and a lingua franca—a common cultural language—about a thousand years ago. A Thousand Years of the Persian Book explores a millennium of Persia’s rich literary tradition with materials ranging from illuminated manuscripts to contemporary publications. The seventy-five items in the exhibition are selected primarily from the outstanding Persian collection in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division and will bring attention to the literary achievements of Iran and the greater Persian-speaking regions of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Central and South Asia and the Caucasus.

From the tenth-century seminal Shahnameh (Book of Kings) by Ferdowsi to the works of contemporary writers, the Persian language has changed very little in the last millennium. A Thousand Years of the Persian Book examines the richness and variety of the Persian book and its literary tradition. It showcases the Library’s unique collections, which are among the most important in the world today outside of Iran. The exhibition focuses on Iran but also includes items from the greater Persian-speaking lands of Afghanistan and Tajikistan, as well as from Central and South Asia and the Caucasus, illustrating the international nature of the Persian language. In addition to examining the diversity of literary styles, the exhibition demonstrates the continuity of the written word as a unifying cultural force in Persian-speaking lands.

- Adapted from the LOC