Title
al-Sulūk li-Maʿrifat Duwal al-Mulūk
السلوك لمعرفة دول الملوك
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn Abu l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-ʿUbaydī
Physical description
الجزء الثالث; صفحات 256; عدد السطور في الصفحة 25; طول الصفحة 275 ملم; عرض الصفحة 180 ملم
Volume 3; Folios 256; Number of lines per page 25; Leaf height 275 mm; Leaf width 180 mm
- Volume
3
- Lines
25
- Dimensions
Leaf height 275 mm; Leaf width 180 mm
- Text Area
220x140 mm.
- Number of folios
256
- Binding
Modern Binding.
Manuscript description
There are several correction notes and comments and occasional announcements of the topics in the margins, but not very extensive. Completion of the sentences in the margins. The copyist left several places blank to be filled later. The edges of the papers are harmed by bookworms (but the text is clearly legible). Latin writings bear a description of the manuscript on an attached leaf. The Latin number CXXII is written on the title page (which is not the current shelfmark).
- Ownership Statement
No ownership statements. There are two stamps on f.1a and f.256b. Unclear Arabic Stamp on f.256b.
- Colophon
Colophon of Abī Bakr al-Marzuqī (8 Rajab 992 AH) on f.256a.
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink. Titles and Keywords are rubricated in red in few instances. Red dots and inverted commas to mark poetry and sajʿ.
- Writing material
- Material
Oriental Papers
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0845Maqrizi.Suluk
Collection and Call number
Vatican Library ( Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) - Codici Vaticani Arabi 725
- Location
Vatican Library
- Current classmark
Codici Vaticani Arabi 725
- Alternate Classmark
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
1450 CE/ 854 AH
نسخت في الثامن من رجب سنة 854 هجرية
Language
Arabic
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