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The Memory of the World International Register is a list of documentary heritage identified by an International Advisory Committee of the UNESCO since 1997. Since 2005 UNESCO also presents the Jikji prize to further promote the objectives of the Memory of the World Programme. UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ...
UNESCO Jikji or Memory of the World is a UNESCO prize to further promote the objectives of the Memory of the World Programme and to commemorate the inscription of the Jikji, the oldest known book of movable metal print in the world. ...
The list of documentary heritage consist of the following objects:
- Codex Purpureus Beratinus (2005)
- Documents of the Viceroyalty of Rio de Plata (1997)
National Archives, Buenos Aires
- Mashtots Matenadaran Ancient Manuscripts (1997)
Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan
National Library of Australia, Canberra British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. ...
- Mabo Case Manuscripts (2001)
National Library of Australia, Canberra
- Vienna Dioscurides (1997)
Austrian National Library, Vienna Austrian State Archives, Vienna The Congress of Vienna was a conference between ambassadors from the major powers in Europe that was chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich and held in Vienna, Austria, from October 1, 1814, to June 9, 1815. ...
- Historical Collections (1899-1950) (1999)
Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna - Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer (2001)
Austrian National Library, Vienna - Vienna City Library's Schubert Collection (2001)
Vienna City Library, Vienna - Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem of the Austrian National Library (2003)
- Brahms Collection (2005)
- Collection of Gothic Architectural Drawings (2005)
- Medieval manuscripts on medicine and pharmacy (2005)
- Documentary Heritage of Enslaved Peoples of the Caribbean (2003)
- Business Archives of the Officina Plantiniana (2001)
Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen
National Archives, Porto Novo
- Emperor's collection: foreign and Brazilian photography in the XIX century (2003)
- Human Rights Archive (2003)
- Jesuits of America (2003)
- Traditional Music Sound Archives (1997)
Music Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Arts, Beijing - Records of the Qing's Grand Secretariat (1999)
First Historical Archives of China, Palace Museum, Beijing - Ancient Naxi Dongba Literature Manuscripts (2003)
- Golden Lists of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination (2005)
- Negros y Esclavos Archives (2005)
- “José Martí Pérez” Fonds (2005)
- Archives of the Danish overseas trading companies (1997)
Danish National Archives, Copenhagen Danish National Library of Sciences and Medicine, Copenhagen Manuscript Department, Royal Library, Copenhagen Hans Christian Andersen. ...
Manuscript Department, Royal Library, Copenhagen Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (IPA: ) (May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855), a 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian, has achieved general recognition as the first existentialist philosopher, though some new research shows this may be a more difficult connection than previously thought. ...
- Memory of the Suez Canal (1997)
Cultural Bureau, Egyptian Embassy, Paris - Deeds of Sultans and Princes (2005)
- Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations (1997)
National Archives and Library, Addis Ababa
- A.E. Nordenskiöld Collection (1997)
University Library, Helsinki
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, (French: La Déclaration des droits de lhomme et du citoyen), is one of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of individual rights (and...
- Early cylinder recordings of the world's musical traditions (1893-1952) in the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv (1999)
Phonogrammarchiv, Museum of Ethnology, Berlin State Library, Berlin Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770; died March 26, 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. ...
- Literary estate of Goethe (2001)
Goethe and Schiller Archives, Weimar State and Universitary Library of Lower Saxonia, Goettingen The Gutenberg bible owned by the US Library of Congress The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible) is a print of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible that was printed by its namesake, Johann Gutenberg, in Mainz, Germany using moveable type, mass-produced starting on February...
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation, Wiesbaden A metropolis (in Greek metera = mother and polis = city/town) is a major city, which is an economical and cultural center for some country, and usually a hub for its international connections. ...
- Illuminated manuscripts from the Ottonian period produced in the monastery of Reichenau (Lake Constance) (2003)
- Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children’s and Household Tales) (2005)
- Kalman Tihanyi's 1926 Patent Application "Radioskop" (2001)
National Archives of Hungary, Budapest - The Bibliotheca Corviniana Collection (2005)
- I.A.S. Tamil Medical Manuscript Collection (1997)
Institute of Asian Studies, Tamil Nadu - Saiva Manuscripts in Pondicherry (2005)
- The Malatesta Novello Library (2005)
- Collection of manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (2003)
- Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement “Nevada-Semipalatinsk” (2005)
- Hunmin Chongum manuscript (1997)
Kansong Art Museum, Seoul - Annals of the Choson Dynasty (1997)
Chongjoksan Sagobon, Seoul - Seungjeongwon Ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat (2001)
Gyujanggak Library and Seoul National University, Seoul - Buljo jikji simche yojeol (vol. II), the second volume of "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings" (2001)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
- Dainu skapis - Cabinet of Folksongs (2001)
Archives of Latvian Folklore, Riga
- Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb, Mount Lebanon (2005)
- The Phoenician Alphabet (2005)
- Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882-1943) (2001)
National Archives of Malaysia, Alor Setar National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur - Sejarah Melayu (the Malay Annals) (2001)
Institute of Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur
- Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius (1997)
Mauritius Archives, Petite Rivière, Port Louis
- Collection of Mexican Codices (1997)
National Library of Anthropology and History, Mexico City - Codices from the Oaxaca Valley (1997)
National Archives, Mexico City - Codex Techaloyan from Cuajimalpaz (1997)
National Archives, Mexico City Filmoteca de la UNAM, Mexico - Biblioteca Palafoxiana (2005)
- Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi (2005)
Dutch colonial possessions, with the Dutch East India Company possessions marked in a paler green, surrounding the Indian Ocean plus Saint Helena in the mid-Atlantic. ...
- Treaty of Waitangi (1997)
National Archives, Wellington - The 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition (1997)
National Archives, Wellington
- The Leprosy Archives of Bergen (2001)
City Archives and Regional State Archives of Bergen, Bergen National Library of Norway, Oslo Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828–May 23, 1906) was an extremely influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the rise of the modern realistic drama. ...
A Dolls House (Original Norwegian title: Et dukkehjem) is a 1879 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ...
Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872–June 18?, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. ...
National Archives, Islamabad
- Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala'wan) (1999)
National Museum, Manila - Radio Broadcast of the Philippine People Power Revolution (2003)
Jagiellonian Library, Jagiellonian University, Cracow Nicolaus Copernicus (in Latin; Polish Mikołaj Kopernik, German Nikolaus Kopernikus); February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was a Polish astronomer, mathematician and economist who developed the heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the solar system in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. ...
Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada miasta Kraków Mayor Jacek Majchrowski Area 326,8 km² Population - city - urban - density 757,500 (2004 est. ...
Jewish Historical Research Institute, Warsaw The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany in General Government during the Holocaust in World War II. In the three years of its existence, starvation, disease and deportations to concentration camps and extermination camps dropped the population of the ghetto from an estimated...
The Fryderyk Chopin Society, Warsaw This article is about Frédéric Chopin, the composer. ...
Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ...
- The General Confederation of Warsaw (2003)
- Twenty-One Demands, Gdańsk, August 1980. The birth of the SOLIDARITY trades union – a massive social movement. (2003)
For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population - city - urban - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1 035 000 1761/km² Founded...
Pêro Vaz de Caminha (15th century/16th century), Portuguese explorer that accompanied Pedro Ãlvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil, being one of the captains of the fleet. ...
- Archangel Gospel of 1092 (1997)
Russian State Library, Moscow Russian State Library, Moscow - Slavonic publications in Cyrillic script of the 15th century (1997)
Russian State Library, Moscow - Newspaper collections (1997)
Russian State Library, Moscow - Maps of the Russian empire and its collection of the 18th century (1997)
Russian State Library, Moscow - Russian posters of the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries (1997)
Russian State Library, Moscow - Historical Collections (1889-1955) of St. Petersburg Phonogram Archives (2001)
Institute of Russian Literature and Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
- Earliest Islamic (Kufic) inscription (2003)
- Afrique occidentale française, AOF (1997)
National Archives, Dakar
- Nikola Tesla’S Archive (2003)
- Miroslav Gospel – Manuscript from 1180 (2005)
Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 — January 7, 1943; baptismal name: Ðиколай) was an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. ...
- Illuminated Codices from the Library of the Bratislava Chapter House (1997)
National Archives, Bratislava - Basagic Collection of Islamic Manuscripts (1997)
University Library, Bratislava
- The Bleek collection (1997)
University of Cape Town / South African Library, Cape Town
Astrid Lindgren (November 14, 1907 _ January 28, 2002) was a Swedish childrens book author, whose many titles were translated into over 70 languages and published in more than 100 countries. ...
Emanuel Swedenborg, 75, holding the manuscript of Apocalypsis Revelata (1766). ...
- Ubayd Zakoni's "Kulliyat" and Hafez Sherozi's "Gazalliyt" manuscript (XIV century) (2003)
- German Records of the National Archives (1997)
National Archives, Dar Es Salam - Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and Books (2003)
- King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription (2003)
The Main Library, University of West Indies, St. Augustine Derek Walcott, courtesy of the Nobel Foundation Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a poet, writer and artist who was in the vanguard of the post-colonial school of English language writing. ...
The Main Library, University of West Indies, St. Augustine Dr. Eric Eustace Williams (September 25, 1911 – March 29, 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
- C.L.R. James Collection (2005)
- The Hittite cuneiform tablets from Bogazköy (2001)
Archaeological Museums of Istanbul and Anatolian Civilizations Museum of Ankara - Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Manuscripts (2001)
Bogaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Istanbul - Works of Ibn Sina in the Süleymaniye Manuscript Library (2003)
- Collection of Jewish Musical Folklore (1912-1947) (2005)
See Battle of the Somme (disambiguation) for other battles and meanings Battle of the Somme Conflict First World War Date 1 July 1916 – 18 November 1916 Place Somme, Picardy, France Result Stalemate The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the First World War, with...
- Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque Lustrationes (2005)
- Original records of Carlos Gardel - Horacio Loriente Collection (1913-1935) (2003)
Carlos Gardel (1933) Carlos Gardel (11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was an enormously popular tango singer from Argentina (see birth-place controversy) who was killed in an airplane crash at the height of his career. ...
- Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman (1997)
The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Tashkent - Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies (1997)
Academy of Sciences, Tashkent
- Escritos del liberator (1997)
National Archives, Caracas - Collection of Latinamerican photography of the 19th Century (1997)
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