North African commonplace book in Arabic.

Title	North African commonplace book in Arabic.
Author Original	ابو الفرج الاصبهاني، كتاب الاغاني
Publication Date:	1700 to 1799?
Subject	Arabic poetry--Early works to 1800. Poets, Arab--Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Arabic.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	124
Physical Dimensions	124 leaves :illustrations ; 233 x 132 mm
Library:	University of Duke
Library Asset ID	90614212-d621-4eea-9636-71355e321d40
Record ID	emsar01049
Library Location	Africa, North
Date	1700 to 1799?
Notes	Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger. Physical description: Varying lines per page, written in maghribī script on heavy laid European paper with large crown watermark (e. g. leaf 109). Leaves 2b, 38b, 58a, 73a blank. Some staining; a few leaves have repairs to the inner margin, resulting in slight loss of text. Mild insect damage. Disbound. A commonplace book consisting primarily of poetry quotations with their accompanying explanatory text in prose, particularly from Abū al-Faraj's Kitāb al-aghānī (e. g. leaves 6a, 10a, 16a, etc. ). On leaf 116a is a list of the years between successive prophetic revelations; on leaves 118a, 119a are schematic diagrams of buildings. Loose in red leather wrapper with flap; blind-stamped central mandorla, blind-tooled fillets, gold-stamped quatrefoils in corners, gold tooled border around mandorla, gold-tooled chain extending vertically from top and bottom of mandorla to fillets. Spine split apart. Forms part of the Harry L. and Mary K. Dalton Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University).
Katalog Kaydı	https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE008005242
Kalıcı Bağlantı	https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r43n22c21
Haklar	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0

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North African commonplace book in Arabic.

Author Original ابو الفرج الاصبهاني، كتاب الاغاني

Publication Date 1700 to 1799?

Subject Arabic poetry--Early works to 1800. Poets, Arab--Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Arabic.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 124

Physical Dimensions 124 leaves :illustrations ; 233 x 132 mm

Library University of Duke

Library Asset ID 90614212-d621-4eea-9636-71355e321d40

Record ID emsar01049

Library Location Africa, North

Date 1700 to 1799?

Notes Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger. Physical description: Varying lines per page, written in maghribī script on heavy laid European paper with large crown watermark (e. g. leaf 109). Leaves 2b, 38b, 58a, 73a blank. Some staining; a few leaves have repairs to the inner margin, resulting in slight loss of text. Mild insect damage. Disbound. A commonplace book consisting primarily of poetry quotations with their accompanying explanatory text in prose, particularly from Abū al-Faraj's Kitāb al-aghānī (e. g. leaves 6a, 10a, 16a, etc. ). On leaf 116a is a list of the years between successive prophetic revelations; on leaves 118a, 119a are schematic diagrams of buildings. Loose in red leather wrapper with flap; blind-stamped central mandorla, blind-tooled fillets, gold-stamped quatrefoils in corners, gold tooled border around mandorla, gold-tooled chain extending vertically from top and bottom of mandorla to fillets. Spine split apart. Forms part of the Harry L. and Mary K. Dalton Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University).

Katalog Kaydı https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE008005242

Kalıcı Bağlantı https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r43n22c21

Haklar https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0