Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 516

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6666

Shelfmark:

MS Or 516

Title:

Wooden writing tablet for teaching grammar and religion

Wooden writing tablet

Place:

Tangier

Tangier TGN

Date:

between 1875-1906?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

twentieth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

wood

Wood AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 tablet : wood ; 345 x 167 mm (at center) x 5 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

"Tablet used in the schools of Tangier, Tangier, June 1906" The name "Buachend bin Hʼameda" is also on the note (note in ink with the item).
Decoration: Geometric drawing on verso.
Layout: Four lines of Arabic alternating with eight lines of English.
Origin: Item is undated, probably produced in the late 19th century.
Script: Written in maghribī.
Shelfmark: MS Or 516.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Wooden tablet.

Keyword:

Qur'anic boards

writing tablets (information artifacts)

Writing materials and instruments

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

North Africa

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14442609

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14734314_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library