Kitāb Dīwān Miṣr.
- Holding institution:
- Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Kitāb Dīwān Miṣr.
كتاب ديوان مصر - Creator:
- Vella, Giuseppe, -1815
- Date:
- 1793
- Description:
- A forgery by Giuseppe Vella of what purport to be documents exchanged between several Norman rulers of Sicily and Fatimid caliphs of Egypt. The text is written in a mixture of Arabic and what is probably Maltese. Vella translated this work into Italian and published it in 1793 under the title Libro del consiglio di Egitto.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts--1793
Early works to 1800
Forgeries (derivative objects)
Manuscripts (documents)
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Flap bindings (Binding)
Decorated paper bindings (Binding)
Leather bindings (Binding)
Islamic bindings (Binding)
Manuscripts, Arabic--Forgeries
Manuscripts, Arabic
Forgery of manuscripts--Specimens - Geographic region:
- Palermo, Italy
- Provenance:
- Sold by Probsthain Co.; listed as number 1345 in Probsthain's Oriental Catalogue no. 20, part II (1910) (note laid in).
- Extent:
- 30 long lines.
- Publisher:
- Columbia University.
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 388 Folio: Kitāb Dīwān Miṣr. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
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- MS Or 388 Folio
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World