According to information, The French collections of illustrated manuscripts from Mawarannahr are essentially preserved in Paris, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Musée du Louvre. The first French royal library (Bibliothèque du Roi) appeared during Charles V (1364 – 1380 r.), who concentrated 1200 manuscripts in the Louvre.
This library did not remain as a single collection, and a new collection was created under Louis XI14714 (1461 – 1483 r.). Since 1537, one copy of each French printed edition began to arrive here. In 1544, Francis I moved the library to Fontainebleau. The library was transferred to Paris between 1567 and 1593, and the first catalogue of its holdings was compiled in 1622 and continued during the following centuries. First opened to the public in 1692, the library was moved to the Mazarin Palace in the rue de Richelieu in 1721.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "Illustrated manuscripts from Mawarannahr in the collections of France" (Volume XXIX) in the series "The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan".
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