Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader_Arabic_MS_40
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Reference Number:
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Arabic MS 40
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Parent Work Title:
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Thousand and One Nights
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Date Created:
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18th century
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Description:
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Manuscript of 'Thousand and One Nights'. The manuscript contains only nights 1 - 141. 1) Ff. 1-20: the introductory text 2) Ff. 20b-6a: Nights 1-7, the story of the merchant and Jinni 3) Ff. 36-70: Nights 8-27, the story of the fisherman; the King, the 'Ifrit', and the possessed young man. 4) Ff. 70b-147: Nights 28 79, the story of the porter, the Kalandars, the girls and the Caliph. 5) Ff. 148-184a: Nights 80-101, the story of Shams ad-Din Muhammad, Nur ad-Din Ali, and Hasan al Basri. 6) Ff. 184b-229: Nights 102-141, the story of the tailor, the Jew, the Christian, and the young man. This story is unfinished, and the manuscript ends abruptly with three pages of verses by the old woman, and the announcement of Night 142. At the beginning of the text is a memorandum: 'S.H. Lewin, 1827. £1. 11s. 6d. From the collection of Dr. Russell, author of the History of Leppo.' Clear European hand. Sixteen lines to the page. Rubricated. A few corrections in pencil by S. H. Lewin
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Language Code:
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ara
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Language:
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Arabic
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Subject:
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Arabic literature
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Medium:
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Pencil
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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205 mm
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Item Width:
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150 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2013-08-21
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2013-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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