Title
al-Nujūm al-Zāhira fī Mulūk Miṣr wa-l-Qāhira
النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
Ibn Taghrībirdī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abu l-Maḥāsin Yūsuf al-Atābkī
Physical description
Volume 2; Folios 270 (+xi); Number of lines per page 23; Leaf height 320 mm; Leaf width 210 mm
الجزء الثاني; صفحات 270 (+11); عدد السطور في الصفحة 23; طول الصفحة 320 ملم; عرض الصفحة 210 ملم
- Volume
2
- Lines
23
- Dimensions
Leaf height 320 mm; Leaf width 210 mm
- Text Area
230x140 mm
- Number of folios
270 (+xi)
- Binding
Manuscript description
Luxurious manuscript. Almost clean margins (except few correction notes). Quite Ornate frontispiece executed in gold, blue, white, purple, and various degrees of red: the upper band has cartouche which contains the volume number and title of the book, a central medallion (within a 12 sided polygon decorated with flowers) contains a prayer to protect Cairo and Miṣr from Pests, and a lower Cartouche contains the author’s name. The quire numbers are written on the upper left side of the recto folios. Papers are slightly trimmed. The first flyleaf has the date: 20 January 1873 written on it in French.
- Ownership Statement
Ownership statement of certain ʿAbd al-Raḥmān f.1a; Regia Bibliotique stamps on f.1a , f.270b
- Colophon
Colophon dated in the 11th of Rajab 862? AH
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords (some of them is unclear because the papers are trimmed).
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (Titles and names are rubricated in red or brown. Red dots or inverted commas around poetry hemistiches
- Writing material
- Material
Oriental Papers
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0874IbnTaghribirdi.NujumZahira
Collection and Call number
National Library of France (BNF) ( Bibliothèque nationale de France BNF) - Arabe 1777
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 1777
- Alternate Classmark
755.2 (Regius)
Ancien fonds arabe 671
Ancien fonds arabe 671
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
1458 CE
حادي عشر شهر رجب الفرد سنة اثنين و ستين و ثمانمائة 862 هجرية
Language
Arabic
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