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Leiden University Library:
Bibliotheek Universiteit Leiden
postal address:
Postbus 9501 - 2300 RA LEIDEN - The Netherlands
visiting address:
Witte Singel 27 - 2311 BG Leiden

Inventory of the Oriental manuscripts in Leiden University Library,
compiled by Jan Just Witkam. (Leiden 2002-2019)

Volume 1 (Or. 1-Or. 1000): here.
Volume 2 (Or. 1001-Or. 2000): here.
Volume 3 (Or. 2001-Or. 3000): here.
Volume 4 (Or. 3001-Or. 4000): here.
Volume 5 (Or. 4001-Or. 5000): here.
Volume 6 (Or. 5001-Or. 6000): here.
Volume 7 (Or. 6001-Or. 7000): here.
Volume 8 (Or. 7001-Or. 8000): here.
Volume 9 (Or. 8001-Or. 9000): here.
Volume 10 (Or. 9001-Or. 10.000): here.
Volume 11 (Or. 10.001-Or. 11.000), update 2 September 2015: here.
Volume 12 (Or. 11.001-Or. 12.000): here.
Volume 13 (Or. 12.001-Or. 13.000): here.
Volume 14 (Or. 13.001-Or. 14.000): here.
Volume 15 (Or. 14.001-Or. 15.000): here.
Volume 16 (Or. 15.001-Or. 16.000): here.
Volume 17 (Or. 16.001-Or. 17.000): here.
Volume 18 (Or. 17.001-Or. 18.000): here.
Volume 19 (Or. 18.001-Or. 19.000): here.
Volume 20 (Or. 19.001-Or. 20.000), update 12 July 2015: here.
volume 21 (Or. 20.001-Or. 21.000): here.
Volume 22 (Or. 21.001-Or. 22.000): here.
Volume 23 (Or. 22.001-Or. 23.000): here.
Volume 24 (Or. 23.001-Or. 24.000): here.
Volume 25 (Or. 24.001-Or. 25.000): here.

volumes 26-28 will be published later.

The inventory of the Oriental manuscripts collection of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam, which is on permanent loan in the Leiden library, can be viewed: here.

  • Inventory of the Archive of the Chinese Council (Kong Koan) of Batavia, by Leonard Blussé, Wu Fengbin, Cheng Shaogang. Leiden 2003: (pdf).
    See about this collection also the website of the Friends of the Kong Koan Archives.
    And see now also: Menghong Chen, De Chinese gemeenschap van Batavia, 1843-1865. Een onderzoek naar het Kong Koan-archief. Leiden (Leiden University Press) 2011.

  • Unpublished inventory of the Ethiopian manuscripts in the Leiden Library (1995):
    Rachel Struyk, Catalogus van de Ethiopische handschriften in de Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek. Leiden (Legatum Warnerianum) 1995.

  • Unpublished inventory of the Photographic collections in the Oriental Department of Leiden Library (1995):
    Rachel Struyk, Catalogus van de Fotocollecties in de Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek, van juni tot en met augustus 1995, samengesteld door Rachel Struyk. Leiden (Legatum Warnerianum) 1995.

  • Unpublished inventory of the notes of Hans Schaerer (1904-1947) on Dayak texts in the Oriental Department of Leiden Library (c. 2003):
    Marko Mahin, Guide to the Hans Schaerer Manuscripts Collection, Number: Or. 8877-8902 Department of Oriental Manuscripts. Leiden University Library. (unpublished; undated, but from 2003 or earlier).

  • Compilation of Collection guides of the Snouck Hurgronje Archives: here.
    - Collection Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje - Correspondence (Cod. Or. 8952 A - B). Collection guide by Arnoud Vrolijk. Leiden 2015
    - Collection Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje - Archive (Cod. Or. 8952 C - L). Collection guide by Arnoud Vrolijk. Leiden 2018.
    - Collection Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje - Archive (Cod. Or. 12.288, Or. 18.097, Or. 18.098). Collection guide by Arnoud Vrolijk & Silvia Compaan-Vermetten. Leiden 2016.