The Institute of Manuscripts of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (NASA) has uncovered 153 previously unknown historical documents and manuscripts connected with Azerbaijan in the Vatican's libraries. An employee of this institute, Fareed Alekperli, found them while training in the Vatican's confidential archive and the Vatican's Apostolic Library.The scientist studied more than 700 documents in the confidential archive, and 85 of them were connected with the history of Azerbaijan.They are written in Italian, Latin, Greek, French, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Mongolian, Armenian and other languages and belong to extremely different periods of history, from the 10th to the 20th centuries.Among the finds from the Apostolic Library are works from the quills of Nizami, Fizuli, Nasimi, Shabistari and others, and also 11 works of previously unknown authors, Trend reports.
The Institute of Manuscripts of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (NASA) has uncovered 153 previously unknown historical documents and manuscripts connected with Azerbaijan in the Vatican's libraries. An employee of this institute, Fareed Alekperli, found them while training in the Vatican's confidential archive and the Vatican's Apostolic Library.
The scientist studied more than 700 documents in the confidential archive, and 85 of them were connected with the history of Azerbaijan.
They are written in Italian, Latin, Greek, French, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Mongolian, Armenian and other languages and belong to extremely different periods of history, from the 10th to the 20th centuries.
Among the finds from the Apostolic Library are works from the quills of Nizami, Fizuli, Nasimi, Shabistari and others, and also 11 works of previously unknown authors, Trend reports.
