Arabic MS 65 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
A collection of French phrases and sentences and their Arabic equivalents, volume one
Title: French/Arabic phrasebook
Language(s): French and Arabic
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 705 [65]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 80 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 125 mm.
Layout
1 column, 13 lines
History
Origin: circa 19th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865). Bland’s oriental manuscripts were sold through Bernard Quaritch in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Record Sources
Catalogue information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934.
Availability
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