Cataloging is complete for 120 manuscripts from the archive of the Central Bosnia Canton in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kantonalni arhiv Travnik, project code KAT). This is the principal public repository in Travnik, which for several centuries was capital of the province of Bosnia in the Ottoman Empire, and the manuscripts date from that period or earlier. They include many texts in Arabic, some in Ottoman Turkish, and a few in Persian--the three prestige languages of the Empire--and the collection is particularly rich in texts on Ḥanafī law and Arabic grammar. The oldest dated manuscript in the collection is a commentary on grammar copied in 1410 CE (KAT 00093), followed closely by manuscripts dated to 1437 (KAT 00061) and 1466 (KAT 00036). Other manuscripts are undated but may be even earlier. The latest manuscript is the account book of a prominent mosque in Travnik from 1869 to 1885 (KAT 00120). Bosnian authors and scribes are represented in the collection, but many of the manuscripts come from other parts of the Empire. View now