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Project / Collection Family Manuscript Libraries on the island of Jerba, Tunisia Subject Animals Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP993/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1
Title:
El Bessi Family Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
171 volumes with binding covers; 18 additional fragments without binding covers; 216 family documents grouped into three batches by category. The majority of the manuscripts date to the late-17th-to-late-19th centuries, during the period the mosque's operation. Several manuscripts are copied on...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish
Date Range:
1308-1944
Extent:
90957 TIFF images

2. EAP993/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1
Title:
El Bessi Family Manuscript Collection: Core Collection
Scope & Content:
NB: The title here refers to the original title given in the manuscript itself. Manuscripts without titles are listed as "Untitled" with additional information. For those manuscripts whose titles we have guessed based on the contents or on the previous inventories of the collection, the title ap...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish
Date Range:
1308-1944
Extent:
88570 TIFF images

3. EAP993/1/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1/22
Title:
الجزء الثاني من المعيار المعرب والجامع المغرب
Scope & Content:
Dark brown leather binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper: "Lion holding bow and arrows" (f.1); "I" and "B" countermarks (f.2). 234 folios; 31 x 20.5 cm Original location reference: 22. Author: Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-Wansharīsī. Scribe: Unknown. Owner(s) of the...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
478 TIFF images

4. EAP993/1/1/24

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1/24
Title:
الجزء الرابع من المعيار المعرب والجامع المغرب
Scope & Content:
Light brown leather binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper: "Hillock" watermark (f.7&8); "Horse" watermark (f.17&18); "S" and "N" inside circle (f.69&70); "Sun with two circles" watermark (f.177&182). 210 folios; 28.25 x 21.5 cm Original location reference:...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
440 TIFF images

5. EAP993/1/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1/29
Title:
ابن عرضون في التوثيق
Scope & Content:
Dark brown leather and paper binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper: Letters "C" "G" and "A" (f.1); "Horse with wings [Pegasus?]" watermark (f.2); "Tre Lune" watermark (f.3); Letter "C" countermark (f.4). 130 folios; 35 x 22 cm Original location reference: 29. Author: Abū...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
31 Jan 1792
Extent:
277 TIFF images

6. EAP993/1/1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1/30
Title:
كتاب العزية للجماعة الأزهرية
Scope & Content:
Mixed color leather and paper binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper: "Crown" watermark (f.1&2); Letter "A" inside circle (f.17&18); "Anchor with two bells" watermark (f.44&51); "Crown, star, crescent" watermark (f.157&158); "Crown with torch(?) and letter 'P...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1308?-1904?
Extent:
588 TIFF images

7. EAP993/1/1/46

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1/46
Title:
شرح الأشموني على الألفية
Scope & Content:
Light brown leather binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper: "Tre Lune" watermark (f.4&5); "Circle with cross(?) above and mirrored "L"s(?) inside (f.241&242); Human figure holding a bottle(?) (f.261&262); Two bells(?) with cross above (f.260&263); "Horse" (f....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Feb 1725
Extent:
1019 TIFF images

8. EAP993/1/1/54

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1/54
Title:
شرح الكافية
Scope & Content:
Dark brown leather binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper; "Bull's head" watermark (f.104&107). 226 folios; 17.5 x 13.25 cm Original location reference: 69. Author: Ibn al-Hajib. Scribe: Unknown. Owner(s) of the original material: Unknown.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Apr 1541
Extent:
462 TIFF images

9. EAP993/1/1/62

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1/62
Title:
الجزء اللأول من حاشية الدماميني عللى المغني
Scope & Content:
Light brown leather binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper: ""Two bells with cross" watermark (f.2&9); "Bull" watermrk (f.5&6); "Goat?" watermark (f.12&19); "Circle with unidentified mark" (f.43&44); "Eagle" watermark (f.138-141); "Sword in a cirlce with tref...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1308?-1904?
Extent:
373 TIFF images

10. EAP993/1/1/76

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP993/1/1/76
Title:
شرح على مقدمة الموضوعة في علم العربية المسماة بقطر الندا وبل الصدا
Scope & Content:
Mixed color leather and paper binding; black ink with rubrics; European watermarked paper: "Hillock with cross" watermark (f.2&9); "Horse" watermark (f.3&8). 99 folios; 23 x 16.5 cm Original location reference: 94. Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. Hishām al-Anṣārī. Scribe: U...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
11 May 1557
Extent:
208 TIFF images

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