COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1126992
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 42 [704]
Image Title:
Binding stamp
Parent Work Title:
Qur'an
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Kur'an
Translated Parent Work Title:
Koran
Date Created:
14th century [late]
Description:
Inside upper cover, tiny binding stamp of the famous publishing house Mons. Ambroise Firmin-Didot. An original design printed in gold on red morocco with the date of the foundation the firm, and its ancient sign, it bore the device : a la bible d'or 1698 and the inscription Bibliotheca Ambrosii Firmini Didoti. In the centre an open bible with text in Greek: "ψυχης και σοφιας φαρμακο" and in Latin: "sollicita iucunda oblivia vitae". Below, the date 1850 appears. The manuscript has been digitised in its entirety and can be viewed here
Language Code:
grc
Language:
Greek
Language Code:
lat
Language:
Latin
Language Code:
fre
Language:
French
Subject:
Koran
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Bateman, Thomas, 1821-1861, former owner
Provenance:
Didot, Ambroise Firmin, former owner
Provenance:
Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, -1516, former owner
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
References:
Mingana, A., Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1934
References:
ames, D., 'Rylands Arabic MS 42: Recent discoveries.', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 59, (1977), pp. 249-53
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-01-01
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Binding stamp
