Listed below are the manuscripts which Adriaan Reland had in his possession (excluding letters) as far as I have been able to find them in auction catalogues, library catalogues or other sources. There are four rubrics:
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The auction catalogue of Reland’s manuscripts of 1761: Naam-lyst van een zeer keurige verzameling … boeken…. alles nagelaten by wylen … Jan Hubertus Relandt … waar achter volgt Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Arabicorum, Persicorum … quibus omnibus quondam usus est … Hadrianus Relandus, Utrecht, Willem Kroon & Gijsbert van Paddenburg, 1761. The lots are divided in four groups: 46 in folio, 66 in quarto, 41 in octavo, and 15 in the rubric Chinese and Japanese manuscripts. They include a few western manuscripts, annotated books and rare printed books.
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Index of his manuscripts in Adriaan Reland, De religione Mohammedica libri duo. Editio altera auctior, Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1717, p. [277]–[286], with a total of 30 manuscripts, of which 24 were in his own possession. Two of these do not appear to be in the auction catalogue of 1761. The ‘Index’ is also printed in the first edition of De religione Mohammedica libri duo. Quorum prior exhibit compendium theologiae Mohammedicae…, Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1705, p. [193]–[199], but with only 24 items, with 17 of his own. A concordance between the items in the Index and the auction catalogue of 1761 is given after rubric D.
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Annotated books in Pars magna bibliothecae clarissimi & celeberrimi viri Hadriani Relandi … ad diem 7 Novembri 1718, Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1718. These are books annotated by Reland as found in the auction catalogue of his library of printed books of 1718.
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Manuscripts and books not found in A, B or C, but from Reland’s collection as indicated by his handwriting or other marks of ownership.
1 Editorial Conventions
The entries in A are given as in the printed auction catalogue, but capitalisation and punctuation have been standardised, words in italics are given in Roman type, and some entries have been shortened by ‘…’. Some expressions have been simplified, e.g. ad [Clarissimum Defunctum] missa (‘sent to the most renowned deceased’) = ad [Relandum] missa. Roman numerals are usually rendered in Arabic numerals. Some abbreviations have been silently expanded e.g. h.e. = hoc est. References in the text to the Index in De religione Mohammedica have been left out, but are noted in the column on the far right.
The prices are those as noted in his copy of the auction catalogue of 1761 in Amsterdam, University Library, KVB Nv 274, which is digitally published at
The earlier owners are listed according to the information in the auction catalogue, marks of ownership in the manuscript or book itself, or the description and discussion in published catalogues—which are not always detailed or accurate. The same applies to later owners. After Reland’s death in 1718 his son Jan Hubertus, who lived in Zierikzee, possessed the items in the auction catalogue of 1761, but this has not been noted in list A. The date of the auction catalogues is that of the year of publication, which is not necessarily the year of the auction itself.
In the four rubrics there can be cross-references to other items, abbreviated, for example, as A fol 45, A qua 9 or A oct 32, A SJ c, B 17, C 12 or D 7. In the cases of A fol 13 (cf. qua 29), 18, qua 1a–c, 19, 28, 39 (cf. D 5) and 46 (cf. D 3) there appear to have been two copies of the same work, and it is not always clear to which item the auction catalogue refers. The other copy has been entered with the mark XXX. Only at A oct 1 and 2 there are two copies of the same text entered next to each other in the auction catalogue.
A list of the abbreviations and references to catalogues of the libraries in question as used in this appendix is given at the end of the appendix.
This is a preliminary list. Items in A, B and C that could not be identified in current collections and/or in other sources, may still be extant or found in library and auction catalogues not yet consulted. There may also be other manuscripts of Reland’s collection not noted in D.
This list is based on my own research and that of others, notably for the Leiden manuscripts by Arnoud Vrolijk (and his sources as quoted in his contribution to the present volume), who kindly provided me with a copy of the relevant section of Cat. Berg 1801, and made many identifications therein. He also suggested to me the identifications of A qua 1 and A oct 22, and other identifications and corrections to earlier versions of this overview. I am also grateful for the information provided to me by Marieke van Delft about The Hague, KB 1173 E 36 (see A oct 36), Bärbel Mund about Göttingen, 8 AUCT GR 6, 4260 (see A oct 35), Anton van der Lem about Leiden, University Library, 275 E 25 (see A oct 38), Gwendolyn Verbraak about Amsterdam, UvA, OTM: OK 66–33 (see A oct 40), and Tobias Winnerling for drawing my attention to a book annotated by Reland in an English auction catalogue (see C 3).
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2 Concordance between Index De Rel. Moh. 1717 and the Auction Catalogue of 1761
Index 25–26 = Amsterdam, Stedelijke Bibliotheek, Ms. 38–39.
Index 27–30 = manuscripts consulted in the library of H. Sikius. For 27, cf. Oxford,
Bodleian Library, Or. 408 (Oxford Bodl. Cat. 1835, p. 391, no. 393, part 13).
Abbreviations and Bibliography
Ahlwardt 1892 = Ahlwardt, W., Verzeichniss der arabischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin, vol. 4, Berlin, A. Asher & Co.
Amsterdam, Stedelijke Bibliotheek = M.B. Mendes da Costa, Bibliotheek der Universiteit van Amsterdam, Catalogus der Handschriften, II: De handschriften der Stedelijke Bibliotheek met latere aanwinsten, Amsterdam, J.H. de Bussy, 1902, p. 7.
Berlin, SB (Staatsbibliothek), Diez = U. Winter, Die Handschriften-Verzeichnisse der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Neue Folge, Erster Band: Die europäischen Handschriften der Bibliothek Diez, Leipzig, Zentralantiquariat der DDR, 1986, pp. 27–47.
Berlin, SB (Staatsbibliothek), Libri sin. 133 = http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0000A48D00000000 (accessed 7 May 2019).
Berlin, SB (Staatsbibliothek), Ms. or. fol. 429 = T.G.T. Pigeaud, Javanese and Balinese Manuscripts and Some Codices Written in Related Idioms Spoken in Java and Bali, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland 31, Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1975, pp. 230–231, no. 233; http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0002411500000000 (accessed 2 May 2019).
Berlin, SB (Staatsbibliothek), Ms. or. quart. 363 = T.G.T. Pigeaud, Javanese and Balinese manuscripts and some codices written in related idioms spoken in Java and Bali, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland 31, Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1975, p. 213, no. 203; http://orient-digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/receive/SBBMSBook_islamhs_00004681 (accessed 7 May 2019).
Bonn, ULB (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek), So = I. Gildemeister, Catalogus librorum manu scriptorum orientalium in Bibliotheca Academica Bonnensi servantur, Bonn, Carl Georg, 1864–1876; F-J. Huschens, Die orientalischen Handschriften der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn. Ein Verzeichnis unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Provenienzen und der Bestandsgeschichte, Bonn, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, Abteilung Handschriften und Rara, 2000, pp. 2–10. So 48: M. Götz, Islamische Handschriften Teil 1: Nordrhein-Westfalen. Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland 37.1, Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1999, pp. 447–448, no. 376.
Bragone 1996 = M.C. Bragone, ‘Osservazioni su una traduzione di età Petrina dei Tactica di Leone VI Il Saggio’, Europa Orientalis, vol. 15, no. 2, 1996, pp. 7–24.
Breda, KMA = H.J. Wolf, Overzicht van de handschriften-verzameling opgenomen in de Bibliotheek van de Koninklijke Militaire Academie, Breda, K.M.A., 1965, pp. 48–49; Pigeaud 1968, p. 870; Iskandar 1999, vol. II, p. 918.
Brockelmann 1908 = C. Brockelmann, Katalog der orientalischen Handschriften der Stadtbibliothek zu Hamburg …, Teil I …, Hamburg, Otto Meissners Verlag, 1908.
Cat. Berg 1801 = Catalogus librorum tam manuscriptorum quam typis expressorum magna ex parte rariorum rarissimo-rumque … rel. a viro dum viveret Joanne Petro Berg … : collectorum, secundo et sequentibus Februarii diebus MDCCCI … publica subhastationis lege vendendorum. Duisburg, Benthon & Krämer, 1801.
Cat. Burmannus 1779 = Bibliotheca Burmanniana, sive Catalogus librorum, instructissimae bibliothecae viri celeberrimi Petri Burmanni Secundi, … Quorum publica fiet auctio per S. et J. Luchtmans, die Lunae 27. Septembris & seqq. diebus 1779, Leiden, S. & J. Luchtmans, 1779.
Cat. De Bruin 1800 = Catalogus van eene uitmuntende verzameling van Latynsche, Fransche, Engelsche, Hoog- en Nederduitsche boeken … eenige manuscripten in de Oostersche en andere taalen, … alles nagelaaten door wylen den heer mr. Jacobus Johannes de Bruin … welk alles zal verkocht worden, op maandag den 29. september 1800. en volgende dagen … te Middelburg; door de boekverkoopers J. Van de Sande en Zoon, Middelburg, Jeroen and Johannes Jacobus van de Sande, 1800.
Cat. De Rufforth 1763 = Bibliotheque universelle, choisie, ancienne et moderne: contenant une très curieuse collection de livres ... recueillis ... par ... Henri Justice de Rufforth ... vendus ... le Lundi 31 Octobre 1763. & jours suivans à la Haye dans la maison de Nicolas van Daalen …, The Hague, Nicolaas van Dalen, 1763 (seconde partie).
Cat. Francius 1705 = Catalogus selectissimorum librorum celeberrimi viri Petri Francii … Quorum plurimi manuscripti antiqui bonae notae tam Graeci quam Latini; … Horum omnium fiet auctio a d. XIV. Aprilis MDCCV. & seqq…. Amsterdam, H. Wetstein, 1705.
Cat. Golius 1696 = Catalogus insignium in omni facultate, linguisque, Arabica, Persica, Turcica, Chinensi &c. librorum m.ss. quos doctissimus clarissimusque vir d. Jacobus Golius, … collegit. Quorum auctio habebitur in ædibus Johannis du Vivie, bibliopolæ. Ad diem 16. Octobris …, Leiden, Joannes de Vivié, 1696.
Cat. Heinsius 1682 = Bibliotheca Heinsiana sive Catalogus librorum, quos, magno studio, & sumtu, dum viveret, collegit vir illustris Nicolaus Heinsius, Dan. Fil. In duas partes divisus, Leiden, Johannes de Vivié, 1682.
Cat. Huet 1849 = Catalogus der hoogst belangrijke boekverzamelingen over godgeleerdheid, kerkgeschiedenis, wijsbegeerte, enz…. Nagelaten door … Pierre Josué Huet … Simon Dirk de Keizer …, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller en J.H. & G. van Heteren, 1849.
Cat. Mead 1754 = Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive, Catalogus librorum Richardi Mead, M.D.: qui prostabunt venales sub hasta apud Samuelem Baker, in vico dicto York Street, Covent Garden, Londini, die Lunae 18vo. Novembris, M.DCC. LIV. iterumque die Lunae, 7mo. Aprilis, M.DCC.LV, London, Samuel Baker, 1754.
Cat. Nedermeijer Bosch 1848 = Catalogus van eene uitgebreide en allerbelangrijkste bibliotheek … nagelaten door ... B.T. Nedermeijer Bosch, vroeger burgemeester der stad Culenborg ... al hetwelk verkocht zal worden te Culenborg ... 11 September 1848, Arnhem, I.A. Nijhoff; Culemborg, J.K. van den Abeelen and F. van Langeveld, 1848.
Cat. Rau 1818 = Catalogus Bibliothecae, quam reliquit vir clarissimus Sebaldus Ravius … cujus publica distracto fiet … Ad diem 9 mensis Junii anni 1818, Utrecht, J. Altheer, 1818.
Cat. Reland 1718 = Pars magna bibliothecae clarissimi & celeberrimi viri Hadriani Relandi … ad diem 7 Novembri 1718, Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1718.
Cat. Reland 1761 = Naam-lyst van een zeer keurige verzameling … boeken…. alles nagelaten by wylen … Jan Hubertus Relandt … waar achter volgt Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Arabicorum, Persicorum … quibus omnibus quondam usus est … Hadrianus Relandus, Utrecht, Willem Kroon and Gijsbert van Paddenburg, 1761.
Cat. Röver 1806 = Bibliotheca Röveriana, sive Catalogus librorum, qui studiis inservierunt Matthiae Röveri. Insunt magno numero raro obvii, nonnulli codices in pergamena aut charta scripti, et libri eruditorum manu notati. Quorum auctio fiet Lugduni Batavorum per Haak et socios, die 2 junii 1806 et seqq., Leiden, Haak & Co.; Amsterdam, P. den Hengst & Zn., 1806.
Cat. Santenius 1800 = Bibliotheca Santeniana, sive Catalogus librorum, exquisitissimorum inter quos excellunt auctorum classicorum, Graecorum et Latinorum, Codices Mss., … Clarissimus Laurentius van Santen. Quorum omnium fiet publica auctio die 6. Aprilis 1800. et seqq. diebus. Leiden, J. van Thoir, 1800.
Cat. Scheidius 1806 = Bibliotheca Scheidiana sive Catalogus librorum … quibus usus est … Everardus Scheidius quorum publica fiet auctio, in officina Honkopiana, die 19. Martis 1806 & seqq., Leiden, A. & J. Honkoop, 1806.
Cat. Schroeder 1834 = Pars altera bibliothecae Schroederianae, sive Catalogus librorum exquisitorum, rarissimorum et nitidissimorum, praecipue manuscriptorum, quos partim collegit, partim ipse proprio studio atque opera composuit et reliquit […] Nicolaus Guil. Schroeder. Groningen, W. van Boekeren, 1834.
Cat. Schultens 1780 = Bibliotheca Schultensiana, sive, Catalogus librorum, quos collegit vir clarissimus Johannes Jacobus Schultensius … qui publica auctione vendentur per Hendricum Mostert, die Lunae 18. Septembris & seqq. 1780, Leiden, Hendrik Mostert, 1780.
Cat. Van der Palm 1841 = Catalogus librorum ac manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Schultensianae, qua, dum in vivis erat, usus est Joh. Henr. van der Palm, … accedit ejusdem viri clarissimi appendix librorum ac manuscriptorum similis argumenti, quorum omnium publica fiet auctio, Lugduni Batavorum, in aedibus defuncti, die 20, sqq. m. Aprilis A. MDCCCXLI, Leiden, Samuel & Johannes Luchtmans, and D. du Mortier en Zoon, 1841.
Cat. Van Voorst 1859 = Catalogue raisonné de la précieuse collection de manuscrits et d’autographes de Mm.D.C. van Voorst, père, et J.J. van Voorst, fils … cette collection sera vendue le 27 Janvier 1860 et les jours suivants à Amsterdam par le libraire Frederik Muller d’après un autre catalogue abrégé, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, 1859.
Cat. Willemsen 1781 = Bibliotheca Willemsenianae pars, sive Catalogus librorum Latinorum … Jacobi Willemsen … quorum publica fiet auctio per S. & J. Luchtmans, die Lunae 24. Septembris & seqq. diebus 1781, Leiden, Samuel & Johannes Luchtmans, 1781.
Cat. Willmet 1837 = Bibliotheca Willmetiana: Catalogus bibliothecae instructissimae, quam in sous usus comparavit vir clarissimus Joannes Willmet …: cujus publica auctio fiet Amstelodami, die 22 Maji et sqq. MDCCCXXXVII … per bibliopolas J. Müller, J. Radink et D. Groebe, …, Amsterdam, J. Müller, J. Radink & D. Groebe, 1837.
Cat. 1764 = Catalogue d’une bibliotheque, incomparable, … delaissées par feu les savans & renommez messieurs De Westphalen, Meyerus, Chiflets, Butkens Le Roy &c…. à La Haye, Lundi le 8 Octobre 1764 & jours suivans …, The Hague, M.F.L. Varon & J. Gaillard, 1764.
Copenhagen 1851 = Codices Orientales Bibliothecae Regiae Hafniensis jussu et auspiciis regiis enumerati et descripti. Pars altera, Codices Hebraicos et Arabicos continens, Copenhagen, Schulz, 1851.
De Jong 1862 = P. de Jong, Catalogus codicum Orientalium Bibliothecae Academiae Regiae Scientiarum … a clar. Weijersio inchoatum …, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1862.
De Rel. Moh. no. = De religione Mohammedica libri duo. Editio altera auctior, Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1717, pp. [277]–[286]: Index codicum Orientalium manuscriptorum. [List of manuscripts Reland consulted, including those in his own possession].
Duyvendak 1936 = J.J.L. Duyvendak, ‘Early Chinese Studies in Holland’, T’oung Pao, Second Series, vol. 32, no. 5, 1936, pp. 293–344.
Fück 1955 = Johann Fück, Die arabischen Studien in Europa bis in den Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, Otto Harrassowitz, 1955.
Glasgow 1908 = J. Young and P. Henderson Aitken, A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, James Maclehose and sons, 1908.
Göttingen, NSU (Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek), Ms. Pers. 5, 8, 9, 30 = Verzeichniss der Handschriften im preussischen Staate. I Hannover 3 Göttingen 3 … Nachlässe von gelehrten orientalische Handschriften, Berlin, Verlag von A. Bath, 1894, pp. 396, 397, 398, 410.
Haenel 1830 = Gustav Haenel, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum, qui in bibliothecis Galliae, Helvetiae, Belgii, Britanniae M., Hispaniae, Lusitaniae asservantur, Leipzig, I. C. Hinrichs, 1830.
Herbelot 1697 = B. d’Herbelot de Molainville, Bibliotheque orientale ou dictionaire universel …, Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1697.
Iskandar 1999 = T. Iskandar, Catalogue of Malay, Minangkabau and South Sumatran Manuscripts in the Netherlands, 2 vols, Leiden, Universiteit Leiden, 1999.
Jena, TUL (Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek), Ms. Prov. = Florian Sobieroj, Islamische Handschriften Teil 5: Thüringen. Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland 37.5, Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001, pp. 10–12, no. 6; pp. xxvii–xxviii.
Juynboll 1848 = T.J.W. Juynboll, Chronicon Samaritanum, arabice conscriptur cui titulus est Liber Josuae, Leiden, S. & J. Luchtmans, 1848.
Kat. Pol. 2 = M. Malickiego and E. Zwinogrodzkiej (eds.), Katalog Poloników XVI wieku Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej. Tom II: M–Ż, Cracow, Nakładem Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 1994.
Krek 1961 = Miroslav Krek, A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the Oriental Institute of Chicago, Chicago, American Oriental Society, 1961.
Kuiper 2005 = ‘The Earliest Monument of Dutch Sinological Studies. Justus Heurnius’s Manuscript Dutch-Chinese Dictionary and Chinese-Latin Compendium Doctrinae Christianae (Batavia 1628)’, Quaerendo, vol. 35, no. 1–2, 2005, pp. 109–139.
Lammens 1840 = Troisieme partie du Catalogue des livres et manuscrits rares et précieux de la bibliothèque de feu Mr. Pierre Philippe Constant Lammens … à Gand, le 26 Octobre 1840 …, Gent, D.J. Vanderhaeghen-Hulin, 1840.
Lauterbak 1933 = Jacob Z. Lauterbach (ed.), Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael: A Critical Edition on the Basis of the Manuscripts and Early Editions …, vol. 1, Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1933.
Leiden, Acad. = J.J. Witkam, Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam, Leiden, Ter Lugt Press, 2006.
Leiden, LTK = Catalogus compend[i]arius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Pars IV: Codices manuscripti ex collectionibus societatum in usum eruditorum in bibliotheca depositis, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1937.
Leiden Or. = J.J. Witkam, Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts of the Library of the University of Leiden, 24 vols., Leiden, Ter Lugt Press, 2006–2016.
London, BL (British Library), Sloane 2746 = R.K. Douglas, Catalogue of Chinese Printed Books, Manuscripts and Drawings in the Library of the British Museum, London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1877, pp. 331 and 336; Kuiper 2005, pp. 129–135.
Mai IV 1831 = A. Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collection e Vaticanis codicibus edita, tomus IV, Rome, Vatican Press, 1831.
Manchester, John Rylands Library = M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian Manuscripts in Great Britain: A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Indonesian Languages in British Public Collections, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 130.
Marburg 1979 = A.J. Al-Toma, R. Berlinghof and U. Bredehorn, Die arabischen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg, Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek, 1979.
Meyer 1978 = H. Meyer / Ch. Mejer, ‘Slavjanskie rukopisi Lejdenskoj universitetskoj biblioteki v Niderlandach’, Archeografičeskij ežegodnik za 1977 god, Moscow, Nauka, 1978, pp. 259–267.
Oxford, Bodl. Cat. 1821 = Alexander Nicholl, Bibliothecae Bodleianae codicum manuscriptorum Orientalium catalogi partis secundae volumen primum Arabicos complectens, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1821.
Oxford, Bodl. Cat. 1835 = Alexander Nicholl (E.B. Pusey, ed.), Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Orientalium Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars secunda Arabicos complectens, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1835.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Or. = Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World, via https://www.fihrist.org.uk/ (accessed 9 May 2019).
Paris, BULAC, Ms. pers. 72 = ‘Bref inventaire des manuscrits persans de la BULAC’, https://f.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1617/files/2013/11/Liste-mss-persans.pdf, http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/#details?id=Calames-20158514841621 (accessed 7 June 2019).
Paris, Royal Library, Cat. 1739 = Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Regiae. Tomus Primus. Paris, Typographia Regiae, 1739, p. 204.
Perho 2007 = Irmeli Perho, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts. Codices Arabici & Codices Arabici Additamenta, Book One, Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts, Xylographs etc in Danish Collections 5.3, Copenhagen, NIAS and Det Konglige Bibliothek, 2007.
Pertsch 1888 = W. Pertsch, Verzeichniss der persischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin, A. Asher & Co., 1888.
Pigeaud 1968 = T.G.T. Pigeaud, Literature of Java: Catalogue Raisonné of Javanese Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Leiden and Other Public Collections in the Netherlands, Volume II: Descriptive Lists of Javanese Manuscripts, Bibliotheca Universitatis Leidensis, Codices Manuscripti X, Leiden, University Library, 1968.
Recensio = Recensio manuscriptorum codicum qui ex universa Bibliotheca Vaticana selecti iussu Dni. Nri. Pii VII. Pont. M. prid. id. Iul. an. MDCCLXXXXVII. procuratoribus Gallorum iure belli, …, Leipzig, Paul Gotthelf Kummeri, 1803.
Reid 2014 = Anthony Reid, ‘Indonesian Manuscripts in the Vatican Library’, in Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter, vol. 46 (2014), p. 51–60.
Reland 1708, Dissertationum miscellanearum: Pars tertia et ultima, Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1708.
Schmidt 2002 = J. Schmidt, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands, 3 volumes, Leiden, (Legatum Warnerianum in) Leiden University Library, 2000–2006: volume 2 (2002).
Schmidt 2012 = J. Schmidt, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands: Minor Collections, Leiden, Brill, 2012.
Schwarzstein 1886 = Jisrael Schwarzstein, Targum arvi: die arabische Interpretation des Pentateuch von Rabbi Saadia Hagaon: ein Auszug aus einer in der Grossh. Badischen Hof- und Landesbibliothek zu Karlsruhe befindlichen Edition einer authentischen Handschrift: Genesis, Karlsruhe, A.J. Hofmann, 1886.
Slavica Gottingensia = Reinhard Lauer, Slavica Gottingensia: ältere Slavica in der Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 3 vols, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1995.
Steinschneider 1858 = M. Steinschneider, Catalogus Codicum Hebraeorum Bibliothecae Academicae Lugduno-Batavae, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1858.
The Hague, KB, 1173E 36 = Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1173 E 36; see Marieke van Delft, ‘Over de knie in Rusland’, blogpost 28 December 2012, https://www.kb.nl/blogs/boekgeschiedenis/over-de-knie-in-rusland (accessed 2 April 2019).
Tyrrell and Simmons 1963 = E.P. Tyrrell and J.S.G. Simmons, ‘Slavonic Books before 1700 in Cambridge Libraries’, Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, vol. 3, no. 5 (1963), pp. 382–400.
Utrecht Cat. 1834 = Bibliothecae Rheno-Trajectinae Catalogus, 2 vols. Utrecht, Johannes Altheer, 1834–1835.
Utrecht Ms. = P.A. Tiele, Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum Bibliothecae Universitatis Rheno-Trajectinae, Utrecht, Kemink & Zn; The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1887.
Vatican, BAV = Vatican, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana. The Reland collection arrived there in August 1763, perhaps via an unknown buyer, intermediary or dealer who was present at the auction of 1761.
Vatican, Vat. Ar. 24–26 = A. Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collection e Vaticanis codicibus edita, tomus IV, Rome, Vatican Press, 1831. Second part: Codices arabici (paginated separately), pp. 75–76.
Vatican, Vat. Ar. 248, 260, 278 = G.L. della Vida, Elenco dei manoscritti Arabi della Biblioteca Vaticana: Vaticani, Barberiniani, Borgiani, Rossiani. Studi e Testi, vol. 67, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1935, pp. 8, 13, 17.
Vatican, Vat. Ind. 1–11 = A. Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova collection e Vaticanis codicibus edita, tomus V, Rome, Vatican Press, 1831. Second part: Codices Chaldaici … (paginated separately), p. 112; for Vat. Ind. 1–4, 6, 23, see also J.L. Swellengrebel, ‘Verkorte weergave van Prof. Dr. A.A. Cense’s ontwerp-beschrijving van zes Maleise handschriften in de Bibliotheca Vaticana’, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, vol. 135, no. 2–3, 1979, pp. 359–367; and for Vat. Ind. 1–7, 9–11, 23, see Reid 2014, pp. 54–59.
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