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
صفحات 155; عدد السطور في الصفحة 25; طول الصفحة 275 ملم; عرض الصفحة 185 ملم
Folios 155; Number of lines per page 25; Leaf height 285 mm; Leaf width 185 mm
- Volume
- Lines
25
- Dimensions
Leaf height 285 mm; Leaf width 185 mm
- Text Area
195x130 mm.
- Number of folios
155
- Binding
European binding
Manuscript description
The title says “Ḥaml al-Asf ār min al-Nujū al-Zāhira” (f.1a). Covers the period 842-872 Hijri. Not extensive use of the margins which mainly contain few corrections. Completion of the main text in the margins. Almost the bottom half of f.154b is empty several empty folios at the end of the manuscruipt. The first flyleaf has the date: 18 June 1874 written in Latin.
- Ownership Statement
No ownership statements
- Colophon
No colophon
- Completeness
Incomplete (missing folios at the end)
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (headings and keywords are rubricated in red).
- Writing material
- Material
Papers are not watermarked
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0874IbnTaghribirdi.NujumZahira
Collection and Call number
National Library of France (BNF) ( Bibliothèque nationale de France BNF) - Arabe 1789
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 1789
- Alternate Classmark
Supplément arabe 809
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
نسخت على الأرجح في القرن السابع عشر الميلادي
Most probably it was copied in the 17th century CE
Language
Arabic
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