COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader ArabicMS_204
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 204
Parent Work Title:
Tales and stories
Date Created:
1650
Description:
Ff. 1 - 50: anonymous collection of verses without introduction or collection. Ff. 51 - 67: the story of al-ward fi l'Akmām and Ins al Wujūd. Ff. 51a: S. H. Lewin has written in pencil: 'In Dr. Scott's add(ns) to Arabian Nights Enter(ments)'. Ff. 68 - 85: story of Hasīnah bint Mūsa. Ff. 86 - 100: collection of thirteen stories about a young gallant called Jūha. Written by one scribe in a Naskhi script. Rubrication. Seventeen lines to the page.
Language Code:
ara
Language:
Arabic
Subject:
Arabic literature
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2013-04-22
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2013-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands