COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader ArabicMS_404
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Bookreader ArabicMS_404
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Reference Number:
Arabic MS 404
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Arabic MS 404
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Parent Work Title:
The Book of Venus
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The Book of Venus
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Date Created:
18th century
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18th century
Date Created
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Description:
The Book of Venus, eighteenth century manuscript of magic, astrology, spells and talismans, lucky signals and divination. Title in Persian hand; 19 lines to the page. No date. The writing is loose Indian Nasta'liq of about 1780 CE. There are some Persian sentences in the text (fol. 135b). Many figures and diagrams. Headings in red. The text is often very ungrammatical, owing possibly to the carelessness of the copyist.
description
The Book of Venus, eighteenth century manuscript of magic, astrology, spells and talismans, lucky signals and divination. Title in Persian hand; 19 lines to the page. No date. The writing is loose Indian Nasta'liq of about 1780 CE. There are some Persian sentences in the text (fol. 135b). Many figures and diagrams. Headings in red. The text is often very ungrammatical, owing possibly to the carelessness of the copyist.
Description
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Language Code:
ara
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ara
Language Code
false
Language:
Arabic
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Arabic
Language
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Language Code:
per
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per
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false
Language:
Persian
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Persian
Language
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Subject:
Astrology
subject
Astrology
Subject
false
Subject:
Magic--Early works to 1800
subject
Magic--Early works to 1800
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
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false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Item Height:
215 mm
item_height
215 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
135 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
former_repository
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
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
references
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
References
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2015-05-21
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
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Rylands
Collection Code
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