- CA UVICARCH SC119-1998-034
- Accession
- 18th century?
Part of Arabic manuscripts collection
The accrual consists of a single leaf from an 18th century copy.
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Part of Arabic manuscripts collection
The accrual consists of a single leaf from an 18th century copy.
Part of Arabic manuscripts collection
The accrual consists of En'am-i Serif [Turkish calligraphic manuscript]. Manuscript consists of several chapters of the Qur'an, Arabic and Ottoman and Turkish prayers, calligraphic rondels and seals, hilyes, and miniature paintings of the Kaba, the Prophet's Mosque at Medina, his personal belongings such as his cloak, prayer beads etc., his hand and foot print and similar images. Special Collections had slides made of this mss. See Acc. 2002-006. A second set of these slides is available in the Slide Library (History in Art Dept.). Turkish mss: 412 pp.; calligrapher: Mustapha Eyyub Efendi. Thesis by Aleandra Bain available.1205 [1790]. Date in accordance with the Islamic calendar.
Part of Medieval Studies collection
The file consists of a court record from the beginning of the reign of James I. It passed through private hands. The document is in Latin court hand and notes the transfer of land from Thomas and Robert Whitney to a knight. Paleographic assessment needed.
Part of Arabic manuscripts collection
The accrual consists of a single leaf from an 18th century religious manuscript, "Hassi Hasin" (Prayer and Contemplation). It is written in Arabic (probably in Turkey) in the Nashki hand. It may be an Ishmaeli text. It is illuminated, gilded and decorated with a floral motif.
Part of Medieval Studies collection
Quodlibet with excerpts by Henry of Ghent.
Qur'an, Maghrib or Andalusia, Fragment
Part of Arabic manuscripts collection
The accrual consists of a bifolium leaf from a Maghribi Koran (Western North Africa) in Kufic script, probably dating to the late 10th or 11th century.
Qur'an, showing Surat Yusuf, Fragment
Part of Arabic manuscripts collection
The accrual consists of a leaf from Koran (Western China) in Sini script.
Qur'an, Surat al-Fatiha, Manuscript
Part of Arabic manuscripts collection
The accrual consists of a leather-bound Koran in very poor condition.
Thomas Jermy to William Paston, Letter
Part of Medieval Studies collection
The file consists of a handwritten letter to Paston from Thomas Jermy dated 31 January 1565. The letter has been repaired, with a slight loss of text. Also included are a photocopy of the letter; a typed transcription of the letter, made in 1974 by H.L. Douch (Curator of the Royal Cornwall Institution) and amended at the suggestion of Jean M. Kennedy (City and County Archivist, Norwich), together with comments by Kennedy and Dorothy Sweet; a handwritten transcription of the original, by Douch; handwritten notes and background material by Sweet; two typed, signed letters to Sweet from Kennedy. Sir William Paston was sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1565-1566. He was the head of the family of which earlier members wrote the well-known Paston Letters. He founded the Paston Grammar School at North Walsham, where he has a magnificent tomb.
Wager Between Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne
Part of Werner Israel collection
The accrual consists of a photograph of a bet between Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne. Transcription: "Therefore be it resolved that Stephen Hawking bets 1 year's subscription to 'Penthouse' as against Kip Thorne's wager of a 4-year subscription to 'Private Eye' that Cygnus X1 does not contain a black hole of mass above the Chandrasekhar limit" dated 7 December 1974.