Title
al-Mawāʿiẓ wa-l-Iʿtibār fī Dhikr al-Khiṭaṭ wa-l-Āthār
المواعظ والاعتبار بذكر الخطط والآثار
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn Abu l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-ʿUbaydī
Physical description
الجزء الثالث; صفحات 588; عدد السطور في الصفحة 41; طول الصفحة 310 ملم; عرض الصفحة 200 ملم
Volume 3; Folios 588; Number of lines per page 41; Leaf height 300 mm; Leaf width 210 mm
- Volume
3
- Lines
41
- Dimensions
Leaf height 300 mm; Leaf width 210 mm
- Text Area
205x120 mm
- Number of folios
588
- Binding
Manuscript description
Not extensive use of the margins which frequently contain correction notes. The first 11 sheets contain a table of contents. Decorated blank titlepiece. al-Maqrīzīi's death date is written under the title. Completion of the sentences in the margins. The colophon that this book was written on the Thursday the 20th of Ramḍān 891 AH. However, when we convert the date to Gregorian Calander it turns out that this day is rather a Sunday.
- Ownership Statement
Ownership statement of Bahāʾ al-Dīn b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qādirī al-Ḥanafī (Quṭb al-Dīn al-Ḥanafī) in 981 AH (f.12a). Then, Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr b. Abī al-Ḥasan al-Dumayrī mentions that he bought it ''legally'' in 1018 AH (f.12a.
- Colophon
Colophon of: Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-ʿAwājī in 981 AH
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (headings and keywords are rubricated in red). Red converted commas around poetry hemistichs.
- Writing material
- Material
There is no observable watermark
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0845Maqrizi.Mawaciz.
Collection and Call number
National Library of France (BNF) ( Bibliothèque nationale de France BNF) - Arabe 1736
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 1736
- Alternate Classmark
746.3 (Regius)
Arabe 682
Colbert 2840
Arabe 682
Colbert 2840
Genre
Description of Towns
Historiography
Topography
Historiography
Topography
Date
نهار الخميس العشرين من شهر رمضان المعظم سنة احدى وثمانين و تسعماية (981) هجرية
1573 CE/ 981 AH
Language
Arabic
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