The use of computers in reviving the manuscript of the 2nd smaller Shahnameh

The purpose of this article is to introduce a general method for reviving and reconstructing all the manuscripts that, due to the disorder of their pages and the possible confusion in identifying the exact pages or original folios, it is hard to correctly reorganize those pages. This method of reconstructing and reviving manuscripts has been utilized in the Excel Programme, and automatically takes place in nine stages. It has been used in the reconstruction of the illustrated manuscript of the Shahnameh known as the Second Smaller, resulting in its correct and precise revival. The suggested revival method is a general one and applicable to all defective and disordered manuscripts. Its precision can be tested by reconstructing several complete manuscripts artificially made imperfect.