Arabic MS 202 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
Volume one of Sīrat ʻAntar (volume 3 of 3)
Title: Sīrat ʻAntar
Title: سيرة عنتر
Title: The Life (Romance) of 'Antar
Explicit: وكل من وقع فى يدنا صلبناه
Language(s): Arabic
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 610 [202]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 323 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 170 mm.
Layout
1 column, 16 written lines
Hand(s)
Naskh
History
Origin: circa 1780 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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