Karaite book collection of Bakhchysarai historical and cultural Archaeological museum Cover Image

Караимское книжное собрание из фондов Бахчисарайского историко-культурного археологического музея-заповедника
Karaite book collection of Bakhchysarai historical and cultural Archaeological museum

Author(s): Dmitry Prokhorov
Subject(s): History, Jewish studies
Published by: Нижневартовский государственный университет
Keywords: Crimea; Karaites; historical heritage; museum and book collection

Summary/Abstract: This publication analyses a content of the Karaite Book collection of Bakhchisaray Historical and Cultural Archaeological Museum-Reserve; it descried the history of its formation. Books organized by thematic and chronological order. Among them are rare incunabula (the earliest of which date from the XVI c.), prayer books (siddurs), editions of the Old Testament examples of the doctrinal and secular literature written in Hebrew, Russian and Karaite and formed the previous property member of the Karaite community and Bakhchisaray “cave city” Chufut-Kale. The article based on the works and publications of both pre-revolutionary and modern historians and specialists and the materials stored in the State Archive of the Republic of Crimea also.