COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL020361tr
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 313 [668]
Image Title:
Map of the world
Parent Work Title:
Marvels of Regions
Creator:
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1582 CE [990]
Page/Sheet:
1v
Image Sequence Number:
001v
Description:
Full page Illustration: map of the world in a circle, coloured and illuminated. The mountain called 'mountain of the moon,' and the sources of the Nile are the extreme south; the Russians and Bulgarians, Constantinople, and Gog and Magog the extreme North
Language Code:
ara
Language Name:
Arabic
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Maps
Time Period Covered:
16th Century CE
Item Height:
226 mm
Item Width:
135 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, June 2007
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2007-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
