ذكر تملك جمهور الفرنساوية الأقطار المصرية والبلاد الشامية / تأليف المعلم نقولا الترك.
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Memoirs of the French occupation in Egypt and Bilad al-Sham (Syria, Lebanon and Palestine). They are diaries written by Niqula al-Turk, the representative of Emir Bechir of Lebanon in Cairo who was in-charge of reporting official news to the Emir Bechir. |If you would like to view the Arabic lan...
كتاب الانس الجليل بتاريخ القدس والخليل / تأليف قاضي القضاة ابو اليمن القاضي مجير الدين الحنبلي.
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The history of Jerusalem and Hebron till 1239 .|If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2621272. Extent: 613 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 22, Width 16 cm. Condition of original ...
History of the conquest of Andalusia by the Arabs, their conditions with Berber immigrants, and the intellectuals' life style. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2616918. Extent: 474 pages. Size and ...
كتاب تنقيح نخبة الفضلأ وريحانة الألباء [يليه] كتاب الشمعة المضيّة في أخبار القلعة الدمشقية .[يليه] كتاب المعزّة فيما قيل في المزّة / ذي المجد السنيّ والفضل السميّ الشيخ محمد سعيد القاسمي لحوادث دمشق اليومية الواقعة من سنة 1154 الى سنة 1176 التي جمعها الشيخ احمد البديري الشهير بالحلاق الدمشقي.
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3 bibliographic titles in one physical manuscript . The first is the book of history is an edited text of chronicles of Damascus riot and incidents for the period of 1154 -1176 H. written in vernacular Arabic language by Sheikh Mohamad Said Qasmi . These chronicles have been compiled by Ahmad Bi...
The book of the general history of the Islamic Empire starting with the men of the cave till the governor Nour el-Deen al-Shahid at te time of Crusades. It also includes some biographies and the oriental music melodies. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalo...
كتاب كشف اللثام عن محيَّا الحكومة والاحكام في اقليمي مصر وبر الشام : منذ افتتحتهما الدولة العلية الى ان امتازت مصر بالحكومة الوراثية وانتظمت بر الشام في سلك التنظيمات الخيرية / لجامعه العبد الفقير المعترف بالعجز والتقصير نوفل بن نعمة الله نوفل بن جرجس نوفل الطرابلسي.
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Unveiling the government intentions and the judgments in the districts of Egypt and Syrian territories (Barr al-Sham) since the invasion of Higher Empire till the privilege of succession of Egyptian government under the charitable tanzimat in the Syrian territories (Barr al-Sham). It also includ...
Collection of historical and theological texts, including Elias of Evesham, ‘Quadrilogus’ of materials relating to Thomas Becket; Eustace of Faversham, Vita sancti Edmundi Cantuariensis;and William of Malmesbury, De Gesta Pontificum
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This manuscript contains ten parts written in England during the 2nd half of the 12th century or the 1st half of the 13th century. Most likely they were once part of different manuscripts (as suggested by a quire mark (‘III’) on f. 257v). A (? late) 13th-century table of contents that lists all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Pseudo-Hegesippus, Historia Iosephi de Bello Iudaico et Excidio Urbis Hierosolymitanae
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This manuscript preserves the work known as Historia Iosephi de Bello Iudaico et Excidio Urbis Hierosolymitanae (The History of Josephus on the Jewish Wars and the Destruction of the City of Jerusalem), a 4th-century adaptation of Josephus' (b. 37, d. 100) Jewish Wars. The work was attributed to...
This manuscript is a compendium of saints’ lives related to Canterbury. A main part is dedicated to St Augustine of Canterbury and St Mildred including their lives, miracles and the translation of their relics written by Goscelin of St Bertin. It includes also Goscelin's Libellus contra Inanes S...
Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum; Epistre de Sibille
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ff. 3r–78r: Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Britanniae), including 15th-century annotations. ff. 78v–79v: Epistre de Sibille (Epistle to Sibille), with the heading: ‘Ceste lepistre de Sibille Ffraunce’, prophecy in Old French added in the mid-14th century, beginning: 'L...
