Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 168

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DS ID:

DS4248

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 168

Title:

Book in Arabic on calendars, planets and astrology.

Place:

Egypt?

Egypt TGN

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 154, ii leaves : 160 x 107 (124 x 75) mm, bound to 165 x 114 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Haines, Joseph H

Joseph H. Haines WIKIDATA

manuscripts (documents) diagrams tables (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with blind-tooled central diamond pattern and horizontal bands on the spine; plain paper doublure.
Layout: Written in 17 long lines.
Script: Written in naskh in brown ink; pointed.
Decoration: Several diagrams, tables; rubrications in red.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Joseph H. Haines (bookplate inside back cover).

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

diagrams

tables (documents)

Manuscripts, Oriental

Religious calendars

Fortune-telling

Astrology, Arab

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_168.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_168/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia