(Q29371)
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al-Juzʼ... min kitāb Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq
الجزء...من كتاب تاريخ مدينة دمشق
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Ibn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan, 1105-1176
ابن عساكر، علي بن الحسن، 1105-1176
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Damascus (Syria)--History--Early works to 1800
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Damascus (Syria)--Biography--Early works to 1800
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approximately 1141.
12. century
1141Gregorian
1141Gregorian
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Extent: iv, 202, iv leaves : laid paper ; 235 x 160 (195 x 127 ) mm, bound to 277 x 195 mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Title from title page (f. 1r).
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Layout: 24-26 long lines.
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Script: Written in naskh in black ink; mostly unpointed.
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Decoration: Titles in larger script.
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Origin: The item is undated, though transmission notes place the copy in the 12th century; the first transmission note says the copy was heard read by the author on 21 Rabīʻ al-Awwal in the Mosque of Damascus in 536 AH (31 October 1141 CE) (f. 20r).
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Shelfmark: X893.7 Ib66.
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Readers' notes and transmission notes (f. 20r-20v, 22r, 41r-42r, 61r-61v, 63r, 82r-82v, 84r, 103r-104v, 105r, 124r-124v, 126r, 145r-145v, 147r, 166r-167r, 186r-186v).
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Miscellaneous notes laid in at end. The exhibition label from the 2012-2013 Chang Octagon exhibition "Collecting Oriental Books for the Columbia University Libraries, 1886-1936" was written by Dagmar A. Riedel.
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2 February 2024
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2 February 2024
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