Memory of the World: The treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day. UNESCO
MEMORY OF THE WORLD
Contents
The book is ordered by the date the documents were recorded
The emotional power of documents
World map
The Hittite cuneiform tablets from Bogazköy
Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb, Mount Lebanon
Huang Di Nei Jing
Ancient Naxi Dongba literature manuscripts
Mashtots Matenadaran ancient manuscripts collection
Saiva manuscripts in Pondicherry
Codex Argenteus – the ‘Silver Bible’
Earliest Islamic (Kufic) inscription
Lucca’s historical diocesan archives
Laghukālacakratantrarājatikā (Vimalaprabhā)
The collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies
Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala’wan)
Georgian Byzantine manuscripts
Enina Apostolos, Old Bulgarian Cyrillic manuscript (fragment) of the 11th century
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute manuscripts
The works of Ibn Sina in the Süleymaniye Manuscript Library
Al-Tafhim li Awa’il Sana’at al-Tanjim
Illuminated codices from the library of the Bratislava Chapter House
Medieval manuscripts on medicine and pharmacy
The Arnamagnæan manuscript collection
Miroslav Gospel – manuscript from 1180
Song of the Nibelungs, a heroic poem from medieval Europe
Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana
MS. GKS 4 2°, vol. I–III, Biblia Latina. Commonly called ‘The Hamburg Bible’
The King Ram Khamhaeng inscription
Library Ets Haim–Livraria Montezinos