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کتاب المواعظ والاعتبار بذکر الخطط والاثار.
Kitāb al-Mawāʻiẓ wa-al-iʻtibār bi-dhikr al-khiṭaṭ wa-al-āthār.
1616
The last part of al-Maqrīziʼs voluminous work on the geography and history of Egypt. This part contains: the Jewish synagogues, Jewish history and feasts, the origin of their beliefs and their sects; the Samaritans; the religion of the Copts of Egypt; the Christian sects; the coming of the Christians and Copts of Egypt under Muslim rule; Christian convents and churches; and the history of al-Ifranjah [The Franks].
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- Publisher
- 1025 [1616 or 1617]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 178H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
The last part of al-Maqrīziʼs voluminous work on the geography and history of Egypt. This part contains: the Jewish synagogues, Jewish history and feasts, the origin of their beliefs and their sects; the Samaritans; the religion of the Copts of Egypt; the Christian sects; the coming of the Christians and Copts of Egypt under Muslim rule; Christian convents and churches; and the history of al-Ifranjah [The Franks].
Descriptive Information
- Title
- کتاب المواعظ والاعتبار بذکر الخطط والاثار.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Mawāʻiẓ wa-al-iʻtibār bi-dhikr al-khiṭaṭ wa-al-āthār.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 178H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc1831cv759
- Publisher
- 1025 [1616 or 1617]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1616
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 36, (4) leaves : paper ; 235 x 172 (185 x 145) mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6108.
- Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 1729-43.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, p. 162.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, pp. 232/3.
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 595.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 36 + (4) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
- Layout: 30-33 lines per page.
- Ms. codex.
- Origin: According to colophon copied 1025 (fol. 36b).
- Title from colophon (fol. 36b).
- Colophon: تم الجزء الثاني وهو من نسخة اصل اربعة اجزاء وبتمامه تم الجزاء الرابع وبه تم جميع کتاب المواعظ والاعتبار بذکر الخطط والآثار تاليف الشيخ الامام العلامة مورخ القاهرة تقي الدين ابي العباس احمد بن علي بن احمد بن علي بن عبد القادر المقريزي المصري الشافعي تغمده الله برحمته واسکنه فسيح جنته. وتاريخ نسخة الکتاب المنقول منه هذه النسخة سنة 1025 للهجرة.
- Incipit: ذکر کنايس اليهود. الکنيس کلمة عبرانية
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 84
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5b7c3ea4-c593-41f3-a968-f916a0e04240/manifest