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 الثالث; صفحات 298; عدد السطور في الصفحة 13; طول الصفحة 270 ملم; عرض الصفحة 180 ملم
Volume 3; Folios 298; Number of lines per page 13; Leaf height 270 mm; Leaf width 180 mm
- Volume
3
- Lines
13
- Dimensions
Leaf height 270 mm; Leaf width 180 mm
- Text Area
195x120 mm.
- Number of folios
298
- Binding
Leather decorated with golden frame and central turanj both executed by small tools.
Manuscript description
Luxurious manuscript. Words are vocalized. Few corrections in the margins. The cover page (f.a1) has incorrect information that this work is the first half of the complete work while it the third volume. The title on the first page is written in gold (f.1b).
- Ownership Statement
Ownership statement of: al-Ḥāj Abū Bakr the Mūftī of Midilli Island (Lesbos) (f.a1). Acquired in 1899 CE from the collection of Charles Schefer
- Colophon
Colophon of Khaṭṭāb b. ʿUmar al-Danjāwī in 876 AH (f.298b).
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (headings and keywords are rubricated in red and blue).
- Writing material
- Material
Oriental Papers
- Color
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0874IbnTaghribirdi.NujumZahira
Collection and Call number
National Library of France (BNF) ( Bibliothèque nationale de France BNF) - Arabe 6065
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 6065
- Alternate Classmark
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
مستهل شهر شعبان سنة ست و سبعين و ثمانمايه (876 هجرية)
1472 CE
Language
Arabic
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