Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL020361tr
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Reference Number:
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Arabic MS 313 [668]
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Image Title:
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Map of the world
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Parent Work Title:
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Marvels of Regions
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Creator:
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1582 CE [990]
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Page/Sheet:
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1v
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Image Sequence Number:
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001v
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Description:
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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
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Language Code:
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ara
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Language Name:
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Arabic
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Time Period Covered:
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16th Century CE
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Item Height:
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226 mm
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Item Width:
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135 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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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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Image Creation Technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, June 2007
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2007-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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