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
الجزء الأول; صفحات 220; عدد السطور في الصفحة 25; طول الصفحة 275 ملم; عرض الصفحة 185 ملم
Volume 1; Folios 220; Number of lines per page 25; Leaf height 275 mm; Leaf width 185 mm
- Volume
1
- Lines
25
- Dimensions
Leaf height 275 mm; Leaf width 185 mm
- Text Area
205x120 mm.
- Number of folios
220
- Binding
Manuscript description
Partially vocalized. Few corrections and commentary notes (some of whom are in Latin) in the margins. Completion of the main text in the margins. Some of the names and topics which are discussed in the main text are highlighted in the margins. The handwriting till f.12 is different than the rest of the manuscript and on different papers. The manuscript starts with an index of the topics and ends with an index of the kings mentioned in this volume. The first flyleaf has the date: 17 January 1873 written in Latin.
- Ownership Statement
No ownership statements
- Colophon
Colophon of ʿAlī Dāwūd (al-Ḥafr?) in 881 AH (f.219a)
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (headings and keywords are rubricated in red or orange).
- Writing material
- Material
Papers are watermarked till f.12 (an A letter and a a three-leafed plant ?) then the rest of papers are older and not watermarked.
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0874IbnTaghribirdi.NujumZahira
Collection and Call number
National Library of France (BNF) ( Bibliothèque nationale de France BNF) - Arabe 1771
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 1771
- Alternate Classmark
747 (Regius)
Ancien fonds Arabe 654
Ancien fonds Arabe 654
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
1476 CE
سنة احدى و ثمانين و ثمان مايه (881 هجرية)
Language
Arabic
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