Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader ArabicMS_828 [840]
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Reference Number:
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Arabic MS 840
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Collection of Qur'anic suras, prayers and passages
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Date Created:
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1804-1805
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Description:
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A very fine, richly illuminated Majmūʻa of Qurʼānic suras, prayers and passages of popular religious interest. It is of Turkish origin, since certain of its component parts are in Turkish. Typical Muṣḥaf-style flapped binding in maroon, gold-tooled leather, and with the legend " Douanes, bureau d' Algers" stamped inside the cover ; 159 folios, 11 lines per page; black ink, with gold rules round script areas, gold fleurons between verses, illuminated headings, and finely drawn borders for fols. 139b-157b; clear, neat Naskh hand; brown, glazed paper; by the same scribe, Ibn Mushteji-zade.
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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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Language Code:
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tur
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Language:
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Turkish
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Subject:
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Islam--Religion
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Subject:
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Qurʼan--Manuscripts, Arabic
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Subject:
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Arabic literature
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Subject:
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God (Islam) in 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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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Technique Used:
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Painting (image-making)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Gold tooling
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Leather
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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162 mm
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Item Width:
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110 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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'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-09-27
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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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2017-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Educational Notes:
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Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour
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Academic Project Lead:
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Carol Burrows
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Academic Project Lead:
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Elaine Sheldon
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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