Detail View: Medieval Collection: Double page opening
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Image Number:
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JRL0923283dc
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Reference Number:
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Arabic MS 69 [631]
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Previous Accession Number:
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Crawford Arabic MS 631
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Image Title:
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Double page opening
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Parent Work Title:
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Book of Religion and Empire
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Creator:
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Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, 9th cent.
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, 9th cent.
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Date Created:
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1219 CE [616]
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Page:
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24b-25a
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Image Sequence Number:
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025a
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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ara
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Theology
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Subject:
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Islam--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
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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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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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210 mm
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Item Width:
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127 mm
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Current Repository:
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John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, 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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References:
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Mingana, A. 'Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester', Manchester University Press 1934
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-03-26
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Multi Page Number:
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120
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2011-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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