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 219; عدد السطور في الصفحة 23; طول الصفحة 260 ملم; عرض الصفحة 170 ملم
Volume 1; Folios 219; Number of lines per page 23; Leaf height 260 mm; Leaf width 170 mm
- Volume
1
- Lines
23
- Dimensions
Leaf height 260 mm; Leaf width 170 mm
- Text Area
230x140 mm
- Number of folios
219 (+iv)
- Binding
European binding
Manuscript description
Luxurious manuscript. Partially vocalized. Several corrections and notes (many of whom are in Ottoman Turkish). However, many of these notes are unclear since the edges of the papers are trimmed. Some of the Turkish notes are written in small letters within the text. Some of the notes correct/discuss the info mentioned in the book (e.g. f.24b). The folio f.1a has a note with the Arabic letter Qāf and the number 700 beneath it which could be the price of the manuscript. Ornate frontispiece which contains the book's title and the name of the author and mentions that this volume was executed for the library of His Excellency (i.e. al-maqarr) al-Ḥāj al-Jamālī, inspector of the private domain (i.e Nāẓir al-Khawāṣ al-Sharīfa) and the army. The first flyleaf has the date: 17 January 1873 written in Latin.
- Ownership Statement
Ownership statements of: Ex-libiris of the library of al-Ḥāj al-Jamālī, inspector of the private domain (i.e Nāẓir al-Khawāṣ al-Sharīfa) and the army (f.1a). Unclear statement of [Fayḍ?] (f.1a). Wiped off statement on f.1a.
- Colophon
No colophon
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords (but sometimes they are are trimmed-out )
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink (Headings and names are rubricated in red or brown). Three red around poetry hemistichs.
- 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 1772
- Location
National Library of France (BNF)
- Current classmark
Arabe 1772
- Alternate Classmark
Ancien fonds Arabe 659
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
نسخت في القرن الخامس عشر الميلادي
Copied in the 15th century CE
Language
Arabic
Online resource