COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0923260dc
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 69 [631]
Image Title:
Double page opening
Parent Work Title:
Book of Religion and Empire
Creator:
Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, 9th cent.
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, 9th cent.
Date Created:
1219 CE [616]
Page:
1b-2a
Image Sequence Number:
002a
Description:
Double page opening from 'Book of Religion and Empire', a controversial work on the superiority of Islam over other religions, mainly Christianity, Judaism and Parsism. The manuscript is written in clear Naskhi characters with nineteen lines to the page and contains numerous quotations from the Old and New Testaments. The headings of the chapters are in thick black characters. Folio 1b is badly damaged, rendering the text nearly illegible. Rubrication, marginal annotations and border on folio 2a.
Language Code:
ara
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Theology
Subject:
Islam--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
210 mm
Item Width:
127 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Mingana, A. 'Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester', Manchester University Press 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-03-26
Multi Page Number:
5
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Double page opening
