Author
Aristotle, attributed name., Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Publication Date
1394
Subject
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C., Islamic magic., Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C--In literature., Education of princes--Early works to 1800., Education of princes., Kings and rulers--Duties--Early works to 1800., Kings and rulers--Duties., Political ethics--Early works to 1800., Political ethics., Astronomy--Early works to 1800., Astronomy., Islamic magic--Early works to 1800.
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
22 leaves : paper ; 256 x 186 (190 x 130) mm bound to 256 x 202 mm
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
814278165
Record ID
9958446673503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1394
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Pagination: Paper, i (19th-century?) + 22 + i (19th-century?) leaves; [169-212], modern pagination in ink, upper center., Layout: Written in 15 long lines., Script: Written in neat maghribī script; pointed and vocalized., Decoration: Rubrications in red and blue., Binding: 19th-century red leather with flap (Type II); blind stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis; blind tooled frame and border; blue paper doublure with yellow and black painted flower pattern., Origin: Copy completed in A.H. 797 (1394; colophon, f. 22r); perhaps produced in Andalusia., Watermark: Curved horn with a rope looped between the two ends, centrally placed. | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | Sold at auction at Christie's, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 23, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
Sample Text
Popular treatise presented as a letter from Aristotle to Alexander the Great on statecraft, astronomy, astrology, magic, and medicine.
Atıf Şekli
LJS 456
Atıf Yapılan
Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 18 (LJS 456).
Tür
codices (bound manuscripts), treatises, Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval.
