COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader ArabicMS_59
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Bookreader ArabicMS_59
Image Number
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Reference Number:
Arabic MS 59
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Arabic MS 59
Reference Number
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Previous Accession Number:
Arabic MS 767 [59]
Parent Work Title:
Example of battle in the movement of chess-contenders
parent_work_title
Example of battle in the movement of chess-contenders
Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
1446 [850 AH]
date_created
1446 [850 AH]
Date Created
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Description:
Treatise on the game of chess. Writing is a handsome old Naskhi. Gilt title page. Rubrication, headings are mostly in blue. In the text there are over fifty square diagrams of problems, and ten in circular arrangement. There is an English note on the book on the fly-leaf by Rev. G. C. Renouard in a memorandum written for John Fiott. Fifteen lines to the page.
description
Treatise on the game of chess. Writing is a handsome old Naskhi. Gilt title page. Rubrication, headings are mostly in blue. In the text there are over fifty square diagrams of problems, and ten in circular arrangement. There is an English note on the book on the fly-leaf by Rev. G. C. Renouard in a memorandum written for John Fiott. Fifteen lines to the page.
Description
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Language Code:
ara
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ara
Language Code
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Language:
Arabic
Subject:
Chess--Early works to 1800
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Chess--Early works to 1800
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Leather
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Leather
Support
false
Item Height:
174 mm
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174 mm
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Item Width:
130 mm
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130 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, former owner
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Bland, Nathaniel, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
provenance
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
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References:
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
references
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
References
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2014-01-23
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
Collection Code
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