Detail View: Rylands Collection: Binding stamp
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Image Number:
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JRL1126992
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Reference Number:
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Arabic MS 42 [704]
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Image Title:
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Binding stamp
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Parent Work Title:
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Qur'an
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Kur'an
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Koran
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Date Created:
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14th century [late]
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Description:
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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
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Language Code:
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grc
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Language:
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Greek
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Language Code:
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lat
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Language:
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Latin
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Language Code:
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fre
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Language:
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French
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Subject:
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Koran
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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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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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Bateman, Thomas, 1821-1861, former owner
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Provenance:
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Didot, Ambroise Firmin, former owner
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Provenance:
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Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, -1516, former owner
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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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Access Rights:
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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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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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References:
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ames, D., 'Rylands Arabic MS 42: Recent discoveries.', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 59, (1977), pp. 249-53
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2011-01-01
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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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2018-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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