[Damaged printed documents e.g. religious commentaries in Latin from Rome published in the year 1922, up to 1946. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 564 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-27.2cm, W-21cm, D-3cm. Condition of original material: Badly rat-eaten.
Mountaga Ba is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Pate Galo (northern Senegal). Ba’s family holding includes 56 small unbound book manuscripts and paper stacks. The material was mainly authored by the custodian’s father, Muhammad al-Ghāli...
This manuscript is a qasida composed by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. The manuscript opens with a text of acknowledgement dedicated to God, Prophet Muhamad and his sahaba (companions). It is a praise description of the author's beautiful experience during the celebration of Eid al fitr (end-of-Ramadan f...
This volume contains seven poems handwritten by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. According to the author's son, Mountaga Ba, the poems were probably composed in the mid-1970s a time when the author lived in Mauritania, while working at the country's national radio station and serving as a special counsel t...
The manuscript contains writings by Muhammad al-Ghali. It has four qasida poems and 2 speeches written in Nouakcott, Mauritania. The first qasida reflects on the acquisition of independence in Mauritania, which the author portrays as a liberation era for Mauritanian people. The second qasida tal...
This document is a commentary composed by an unknown author. It discusses mandatory forgivess in Islam as something that worshippers must seek. Ce document est un commentaire composé par un auteur inconnu. Il traite du pardon obligatoire dans l'Islam comme quelque chose que les fidèles doivent ...
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and originally collected from Koniakari (Mali). The MadaniMali collection includes 3 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 1545 pages. They differ in sizes. One manuscript is originally written by Al Hajj ...
This is a handwritten copy by one of the followers of Al Hajj Umar Taal. It is a copy of a book originally written by Muhammad bun Muhammad bun Al-Masrī. The place of writing is not mentioned. The manuscript is the second volume of a previous volume. The content of the manuscript is diverse. It ...
This collection contains 25 files. The content of the collection ranges from ancient medical texts to Tamil grammatical works. Extent: 3594.0. Custodial history: Original was probably from Kayts. The known earliest owner was Erambu Sethukavalapillai. His leaves was passed on to Satkurunathan P...
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Sri Lanka. It is written in Tamil verse in the period of 1800-1850 in Tamil script. The original text is written by Parañcōti Muṉivar and is one of the ancient Hindu puranas/ mythological stories centred around Madurai. The orginial t...