Author
Miner, Horace (Horace Mitchell) 1912-1993 [former owner]
Publication Place
[Place of publication not identified] -
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic Michigan Ann Arbor., Arab manuscripts Michigan Ann Arbor., Kings and rulers, Manuscripts, Arabic, Timbuktu (Mali) Kings and rulers; Biography; Early works to 1800., Timbuktu (Mali) History; Early works to 1800., Mali History; Early works to 1800., Sudan (Region) History; Early works to 1800., Mali History; Works before 1800., Sudan (Region) History; Works before 1800., Mali, Mali Timbuktu, Michigan Ann Arbor, Sudan Region
Type
Periodical
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
92
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (92 leaves) : paper
Library
jisc
Record ID
q_language%3A%20ara_sort_year_rn_2302
Library Location
University of East Anglia Library
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1)., Collation: Any original gatherings no longer intact; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 23 lines per page., Script: Maghribī ; mainly serifless with dramatic effect of tilt to the right, spur-like tail on alif of prolongation, sweeping descenders, etc., Decoration: Keywords and section headings in bolded dark brown ink, others entered in yellow, green, orange or red (rubricated), still others simply accented with yellow, red, etc., Support: European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 21-22 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of crown above cartouche with "I B" [?] and bell below (see p.4, 34, 90, 110, 134, 154, 182, etc. and compare nos. 335, 336, 339, etc. in Gaudriault, Filigranes et autres caractéristiques de papiers fabriqués en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles), beige in color, thin and transluscent though sturdy ; in poor condition with ink burn to break-through, staining, tears and some significant losses., Binding: Boards covered in red brown leather; Type II binding (with flap); board linings in beige paper, decoratively trimmed to accent interior of spine and fore edge flap; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central mandorla (with blue-green paper onlays) as well as blind-tooled accents (including rectangular stamps and rosettes at corners with light brown leather onlays), pendants and border (in a series of rules and vegetal stamps); design continues on flap; cover likely made to serve as a wrapper binding though possibly for a larger text block, certainly serves as a wrapper for the unsewn leaves of this current text block (possibly recycled wrapper binding); overall in somewhat poor condition with large loss to board in lower cover, other staining and abrasion, etc., Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 53., Accompanying materials: "In manila envelope marked: 'Islamic ms./unacc./Tadhkirat al-nisyan fi akhbar muluk al- Sudan./Arabic. 18th century./North African [Maghribi] script.'"--Handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993, Origin: Lacks dated colophon; paper suggests 18th century., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 904., Arabic., Print version record, Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين وعلى اله ... الطيبين واصحابه الفضلاء الطاهرين وبعد فقد رسمنا اسماء الباش [الباشات] على ترتيب حروف الهجاء التي اولها الالف واخرها الياء ..."
Tür
Biographies, Biographies., Early works, History, text
İçinde
Horace Miner ms.
