COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Arabic MS 656 [117]
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 656 [117]
Parent Work Title:
Story of Nur al-Din Ali and Anis al-Jalis
Date Created:
c1750
Description:
Manuscript containing the story of Anis al-Jalis and Nur al-Din from Arabian Nights (Thousand and One Nights). The manuscript has no title. Inside the front cover is the bookplate of Silvestre de Sacy with the number 183. Written in a careless but plain Egyptian Naskhi ca. 1750. Rubricated. There are twenty three lines to the page.
Language Code:
ara
Language:
Arabic
Subject:
Arabic literature
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Item Height:
200 mm
Item Width:
148 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Sacy de, Silvestre, former owner
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Mingana, A., Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2013-08-15
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2013-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB