Islamic Arabic 457 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-iʿlām fī wafayāt al-aʿlām by Ibn Bardis, Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad, 1320 or 1321-1384 or 1385
Title: al-iʿlām fī wafayāt al-aʿlām
Title: الإعلام في وفيات الأعلام
Versification of the dates of death of the ḥuffāẓ, based on Tadhkirat al-ḥuffāẓ by Dhahabī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1274-1348
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 884
GAL II 46-8, esp. nos. 1 and 2 c; II 45-7; II 34; II 30
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 36 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.4 × 14.1 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
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Layout
18 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in Naskhī of the 19th century.
Decoration
History
Origin: Undated, probably 19th century CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.
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