COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader ArabicMS_790 [676]
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Bookreader ArabicMS_790 [676]
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 676
reference_number
Arabic MS 676
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
The Revealer, concerning the science of musical tunes
title_larger_entity
The Revealer, concerning the science of musical tunes
Parent Work Title
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Appearance of the Pleiades and disappearance of the plague-stricken
title_l_e_variant
Appearance of the Pleiades and disappearance of the plague-stricken
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
16th-17th century
date_created
16th-17th century
Date Created
false
Description:
Manuscript of mixed contents. Ff. 1-6: The Revealer, concerning the science of musical tunes. A treatise on musical tunes. Clear and careful Naskhi of about 1660. Ff. 8-17: Appearance of the Pleiades and disappearance of the plague-stricken. A treatise on the plague, which raged in Egypt in 1579 [987] and 1580 [988]. At the appearance of the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, this plague stopped and the author was asked to write a treatise on the Pleiades and on the influence of the stars in general on the plague. Written in 1589 [998]. Clear, Eyptian Naskhi. Rubricated. The title page, bears the seal of Hasan Jabarti. His seal bears the date 1732 [1145].
description
Manuscript of mixed contents. Ff. 1-6: The Revealer, concerning the science of musical tunes. A treatise on musical tunes. Clear and careful Naskhi of about 1660. Ff. 8-17: Appearance of the Pleiades and disappearance of the plague-stricken. A treatise on the plague, which raged in Egypt in 1579 [987] and 1580 [988]. At the appearance of the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, this plague stopped and the author was asked to write a treatise on the Pleiades and on the influence of the stars in general on the plague. Written in 1589 [998]. Clear, Eyptian Naskhi. Rubricated. The title page, bears the seal of Hasan Jabarti. His seal bears the date 1732 [1145].
Description
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Language Code:
ara
language
ara
Language Code
false
Language:
Arabic
language_name
Arabic
Language
false
Subject:
Plagues of Egypt
subject
Plagues of Egypt
Subject
false
Subject:
Astronomy
subject
Astronomy
Subject
false
Subject:
Music
subject
Music
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
class
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
16th Century CE
temporal_coverage
16th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
Egypt
spatial_coverage
Egypt
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
206 mm
item_height
206 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
156 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
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Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2014-02-05
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
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Rylands
Collection Code
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