Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 184H

Images provided by hosting institution via

Mirador viewer

An error occurred

Technical details

TypeError: Failed to fetch

{
  "manifest": {
    "error": "TypeError: Failed to fetch",
    "id": "https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b2e677be-b7db-4f75-8db2-f332de41500a/manifest",
    "isFetching": false
  },
  "window": {
    "collectionIndex": 0,
    "companionAreaOpen": true,
    "companionWindowIds": [
      "cw-653fab0f-0adb-497b-9ced-0b409b56d5c2",
      "cw-884ea1f7-8b9a-454c-aeb8-337a99a6ce47"
    ],
    "draggingEnabled": true,
    "highlightAllAnnotations": false,
    "id": "window-160e4566-eaa6-4c22-beee-54bd7b62ae4a",
    "manifestId": "https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b2e677be-b7db-4f75-8db2-f332de41500a/manifest",
    "maximized": false,
    "rangeId": null,
    "rotation": null,
    "selectedAnnotations": {},
    "sideBarOpen": false,
    "sideBarPanel": "info",
    "thumbnailNavigationId": "cw-884ea1f7-8b9a-454c-aeb8-337a99a6ce47",
    "loadedManifest": "https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b2e677be-b7db-4f75-8db2-f332de41500a/manifest",
    "canvasIndex": 2,
    "allowMaximize": false
  }
}

1 of 0

Metadata

DS ID:

DS2682

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 184H

Title:

Kitāb Tuḥfat al-jalīl fī akhbār Miṣr wa-al-Nīl / / كتاب تحفة الجليل في اخبار مصر والنيل /

Tuḥfat al-jalīl fī akhbār Miṣr wa-al-Nīl

Date:

not before 1595

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Material:

paper, illustration

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 21 leaves : paper, illustration ; 217 x 158 (150 x 75) mm. bound to 222 x 161 mm.

Note:

Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 21 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Rubricated ; title page and colophon decorated with a border of alternating black and red motifs ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Ms. codex.
On folio 13a is a sketch of the sources of the Nile. The book is dedicated to al-Amīr al-Khiḍr, the governor of Egypt in the time of the Sultan Muḥammad III, who reigned 1003-1012 1595-1603.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Watermarks

History

diagrams

Early works

Egypt

Voyages and travels

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Travel

Nile River

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963572393506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b2e677be-b7db-4f75-8db2-f332de41500a/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University