المخطوطات العربية و أدوات كتابتها

Abstract EN

One of the most prominent indicators of the development of nations and peoples is their interest in their cultural and civilizational heritage, as most civilizations have been keen to record their knowledge and have relied in this on various containers of information, the latter carrying this legacy from generation to generation through the ages, from animal bones and skins to clay tablets through papyrus and parchment These media and others that have benefited from their great role in preserving the memory of nations and their continuity throughout history and their positive contribution to the emergence of manuscripts, which are a tributary of the tributaries of human memory and that express the identity of societies, and through which it is possible to know the past of peoples and look to the fingerprints that each era leaves to guide them The next generations.

Manuscripts are an important source for recording history, and the most reliable guide in the hands of historians to reveal the facts that have been obscured by the years and based on this importance, different civilizations have sought to take care of their manuscripts by providing institutions that are concerned with preserving this cultural heritage from the dangers and factors that lead to its damage and loss.

These institutions are libraries, museums and archive centers that do everything in their power to provide all the conditions that help to protect them to achieve full benefit, as they are the strongest basis for defining the history of nations.

Over time, writing methods and tools related to writing in general, and manuscripts in particular, have developedover time.

Key words: Arabic manuscript, importance, tools, pen, paper, instrument, inkwell.