"Kitāb Gharāʼib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʻuyūn (كتاب غرائب الفنون وملح العيون) ('The Book of Curiosities')"
تاريخ المصدر:
1190–1210
الوصف:
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldRecord origin: Description in part based on Savage-Smith, E. and Rapoport, Y. (2013), An Eleventh-Century Egyptian Guide to the Universe, pp. 2-4.Incomplete late 12th or early 13th century copy, probably made in Egypt, of an anonymous work compiled in Egypt between AD 1020 and 1050. Contains a number of unique illustrations and rare texts. Erroneously attributed to ʻArabānī, ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Husām al-Dīn, d. 1450.Contents: Divided into two books, one on celestial matters, one on the Earth.Extent: ff. 48. Size of page: 324 x 245 mm. Size of written area: 291 x 226 mm.Layout: 27 lines per page. Frame-ruled text area.Hand: Medium-large Naskh script in dense black ink, with headings in red.Decoration: 23 maps and diagrams.Binding: Disbound, binding retained. 18th or 19th century Ottoman binding in poor condition.