Preservation of Manuscripts at the Lebanese National Library

$70K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Lebanon
Start Date	Jan 01, 2006
End Date	Jul 12, 2010
Duration	1,653 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77226-48`

Grant Description

To support the preservation of rare Arabic books and manuscripts dating from the 16th century that require immediate treatment. The documents were hidden during the civil war and remained in an uncontrolled environment until the late 1990 s. The project will conserve the documents, complete the inventory, and begin to digitize the collection.