This paper presents a study of oriental manuscripts. The study focuses on the life of famous scholar al-Zama╪▄arī and one of his most important writings, A█wāq al-ḏahab, or Golden Necklaces of Exhortations and Sermons.Al-Zama╪▄arī’s work is analyzed from the point of view of style and grammar. Three different copies of the manuscript are compared, two of which come from the collection of the Oriental Department of Gorky Research Library of St Petersburg State University and one from the collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Refs 8. Figs 12.