Kostadinova, Desislava2022-01-282022-01-282020Kostadinova, D. (2020). Oriental Department in the National Library" St. St. Cyril and Methodius"–Sofia. Journal of Balkan Libraries Union, 7(1), 17-21.2148-077X2148-9823https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/7779The Oriental Department consist of manuscripts, old-printed books and archive documents in Ottoman Turkish, Persian and Arabic. 4000 handwritten codes are stored in the collection, as well as 2000 volumes of old-printed books and about 1 million sheets of documentary records, organised in 342,000 archive units. Archival documents cover the period from the 15th century to the beginning of the 20th century and shed light on a wide range of political, economic, social and cultural topics.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessNational Library "St. St. Cyril and Methodius”SofiaOriental DepartmentArchivesArticle711721