Title
al-Kawākib al-Bāhira min al-Nujūm al-Zāhira
الكواكب الباهرة من النجوم الزاهرة
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
Ibn Taghrībirdī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abu l-Maḥāsin Yūsuf al-Atābkī
Physical description
Folios 393; Number of lines per page 25; Leaf height 212 mm; Leaf width 150 mm
صفحات 393; عدد السطور في الصفحة 25; طول الصفحة 212 ملم; عرض الصفحة 150 ملم
- Volume
-
- Lines
25
- Dimensions
Leaf height 212 mm; Leaf width 150 mm
- Text Area
155x110 mm.
- Number of folios
393
- Binding
Brown leather.
Manuscript description
Written during Ibn Taghrībirdī's lifetime. Slightly damaged ornate title page executed in blue, gold, and black (rectangular frame with top cartouche containing the work's title and central medallion containing the author's name). Very few comments and notes in the margins. Marginal announcements of contents in red.
- Ownership Statement
No ownership statements.Levini Warneri Collection (Ex Legato Viri Ampliff. Levini Warneri).
- Colophon
Colophon of Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Manhalī in 862 AH.
كان الفراغ من كتابته يوم الأحد المبارك تاسع شهر جمادى الآخرة سنة اثنين و ستين و ثمانمائة (هجرية)
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (Titles and keywords are rubricated in red). Red Dots around poetry hemistichs).
- Writing material
- Material
Oriental Papers
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
GAL, GII, 42
Open ITI
0874IbnTaghribirdi.KawakibBahira
Collection and Call number
Leiden University - Or. 636
- Location
Leiden University
- Current classmark
Or. 636
- Alternate Classmark
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
كان الفراغ من كتابته يوم الأحد المبارك تاسع شهر جمادى الآخرة سنة اثنين و ستين و ثمانمائة (هجرية)
1458 CE/ 862 AH
Language
Arabic
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