Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader ArabicMS_790 [676]
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Reference Number:
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Arabic MS 676
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Parent Work Title:
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The Revealer, concerning the science of musical tunes
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Appearance of the Pleiades and disappearance of the plague-stricken
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Date Created:
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16th-17th century
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Description:
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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].
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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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Plagues of Egypt
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Subject:
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Astronomy
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Subject:
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Music
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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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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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16th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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Egypt
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Item Height:
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206 mm
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Item Width:
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156 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2014-02-05
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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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2014-02
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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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