COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
JRL1126992
image_number
JRL1126992
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 42 [704]
reference_number
Arabic MS 42 [704]
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Binding stamp
title
Binding stamp
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Qur'an
title_larger_entity
Qur'an
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Kur'an
title_l_e_variant
Kur'an
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Translated Parent Work Title:
Koran
title_l_e_translation
Koran
Translated Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
14th century [late]
date_created
14th century [late]
Date Created
false
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
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 <A href="https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s/03x7i2">here</a>
Description
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Language Code:
grc
language
grc
Language Code
false
Language:
Greek
language_name
Greek
Language
false
Language Code:
lat
language
lat
Language Code
false
Language:
Latin
language_name
Latin
Language
false
Language Code:
fre
language
fre
Language Code
false
Language:
French
language_name
French
Language
false
Subject:
Koran
subject
Koran
Subject
false
Subject:
Bookbinding
subject
Bookbinding
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
class
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Bindings
class
Bindings
Sub-Category
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Bateman, Thomas, 1821-1861, former owner
former_repository
Bateman, Thomas, 1821-1861, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Didot, Ambroise Firmin, former owner
former_repository
Didot, Ambroise Firmin, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, -1516, former owner
former_repository
Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, -1516, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
former_repository
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
References:
Mingana, A., Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1934
references
Mingana, A., Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1934
References
false
References:
ames, D., 'Rylands Arabic MS 42: Recent discoveries.', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 59, (1977), pp. 249-53
references
ames, D., 'Rylands Arabic MS 42: Recent discoveries.', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 59, (1977), pp. 249-53
References
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-01-01
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB