Detail View: Rylands Collection: Binding stamp

Image Number: 
JRL1126993
Reference Number: 
Arabic MS 704
Image Title: 
Binding stamp
Parent Work Title: 
Qur'an
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Kur'an
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Koran
Date Created: 
14th century [late]
Description: 
Inside upper cover, tiny binding stamp of the famous publishing house Mons. Ambroise Firmin-Didot. An original design printed in gold on red morocco with the date of the foundation the firm, and its ancient sign, it bore the device : a la bible d'or 1698 and the inscription Bibliotheca Ambrosii Firmini Didoti. In the centre an open bible with text in Greek: "ψυχης και σοφιας φαρμακο" and in Latin: "sollicita iucunda oblivia vitae". Below, the date 1850 appears. The manuscript has been digitised in its entirety and can be viewed here
Language Code: 
grc
Language: 
Greek
Language Code: 
lat
Language: 
Latin
Language Code: 
fre
Language: 
French
Subject: 
Koran
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Didot, Ambroise Firmin, former owner
Provenance: 
Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, -1516, former owner
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
James, David Lewis. Rylands Arabic MS. 42: Recent Discoveries, Bulletin of John Rylands University Library, 59 (1976-7), pp. 249-253
References: 
ames, D., 'Rylands Arabic MS 42: Recent discoveries.', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 59, (1977), pp. 249-53
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2011-01-01
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands