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Art Collector’s Inventory Book “The Trésor où se trouvent réunies les diverses branches (de l’art)” , by Ibn Akhî Khozâm
(كتاب المخزون جامع الفنون )

Title	Art Collector’s Inventory Book “The Trésor où se trouvent réunies les diverses branches (de l’art)” , by Ibn Akhî Khozâm
Title Original	كتاب المخزون جامع الفنون
Author	MUḤAMMAD ibn Yaʿqūb ibn aḫī Ḫozām (Abū ʿAbdallah). Auteur du texte, MUș AMMAD ibn Yaș qūb ibn aḤḤozām (Abū ḤAbdallah). Author of the text
Publication Date:	1470
Subject	Horse riding, hunting and military art, Horse riding, hunting and military art
Type	Other
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of La Laguna Library
Record ID	cdi_europeana_collections_9200519_ark_12148_btv1b8422958j
Date	1470
Notes	Scanning from an original document. Treatise on military art, containing the schools of platoon, horseman, infantryman, archer and crossbowman. A large number of colored and fairly well drawn figures are inserted into the text. Like all Arabic works on the same subject, this treatise contains a large number of technical terms and command terms. Beginning: الحمد لله ذى العظمة المتعالى بالقدرة عن الصفات و الامثال. This ms. was executed in 875 A.H. (1470 A.D.), for a great personage from the court of the Mamluk sultans, whose name was carefully erased from the frontispiece, which is very ornate. However, the last words contained in the central medallion were left to remain, namely: عزه الله تعالى, which indicates that the previous name was that of a sultan. However, the ruler of Egypt at that time was Qaitbai. Between the folios currently rated 1 and 2, several leaves are missing. Kitāb al-maḫzūn ğāmiʿ al-funūn Digitization carried out from an original document. Treatise on military art, containing the schools of platoon, horseman, infantryman, archer and crossbowman. A large number of colored and fairly well drawn figures are inserted into the text. Like all Arabic works on the same subject, this treatise contains a large number of technical terms and command terms. Beginning: الحمد لله ذى العظمة المتعالى بالقدرة عن الصفات و الامثال. This ms. was executed in 875 A.H. (1470 A.D.), for a great personage from the court of the Mamluk sultans, whose name was carefully erased from the frontispiece, which is very ornate. However, the last words contained in the central medallion were left to remain, namely: عزه الله تعالى, which indicates that the previous name was that of a sultan. However, the ruler of Egypt at that time was Qaitbai. Between the folios currently rated 1 and 2, several leaves are missing.

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Art Collector’s Inventory Book “The Trésor où se trouvent réunies les diverses branches (de l’art)” , by Ibn Akhî Khozâm

(كتاب المخزون جامع الفنون )

Author MUḤAMMAD ibn Yaʿqūb ibn aḫī Ḫozām (Abū ʿAbdallah). Auteur du texte, MUș AMMAD ibn Yaș qūb ibn aḤḤozām (Abū ḤAbdallah). Author of the text

Publication Date 1470

Subject Horse riding, hunting and military art, Horse riding, hunting and military art

Type Other

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library University of La Laguna Library

Record ID cdi_europeana_collections_9200519_ark_12148_btv1b8422958j

Date 1470

Notes Scanning from an original document. Treatise on military art, containing the schools of platoon, horseman, infantryman, archer and crossbowman. A large number of colored and fairly well drawn figures are inserted into the text. Like all Arabic works on the same subject, this treatise contains a large number of technical terms and command terms. Beginning: الحمد لله ذى العظمة المتعالى بالقدرة عن الصفات و الامثال. This ms. was executed in 875 A.H. (1470 A.D.), for a great personage from the court of the Mamluk sultans, whose name was carefully erased from the frontispiece, which is very ornate. However, the last words contained in the central medallion were left to remain, namely: عزه الله تعالى, which indicates that the previous name was that of a sultan. However, the ruler of Egypt at that time was Qaitbai. Between the folios currently rated 1 and 2, several leaves are missing. Kitāb al-maḫzūn ğāmiʿ al-funūn Digitization carried out from an original document. Treatise on military art, containing the schools of platoon, horseman, infantryman, archer and crossbowman. A large number of colored and fairly well drawn figures are inserted into the text. Like all Arabic works on the same subject, this treatise contains a large number of technical terms and command terms. Beginning: الحمد لله ذى العظمة المتعالى بالقدرة عن الصفات و الامثال. This ms. was executed in 875 A.H. (1470 A.D.), for a great personage from the court of the Mamluk sultans, whose name was carefully erased from the frontispiece, which is very ornate. However, the last words contained in the central medallion were left to remain, namely: عزه الله تعالى, which indicates that the previous name was that of a sultan. However, the ruler of Egypt at that time was Qaitbai. Between the folios currently rated 1 and 2, several leaves are missing.