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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Gems

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 1198
Title:: Kitāb manāfi‘ al-aḥjār wa-qīmatihā wa-usūlihā كتاب منافع الأحجار وقيمتها وأصولها Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf تيفاشي، أحمد بن يوسف
Scope & Content:: A treatise on precious stones by Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Tīfāshī. Transcribed by a single scribe who completed his work on 15 Jumādá II 799 AH (16 March AD 1397), and signed his name illegibly at the bottom of f. 60r. Al-Tīfāshī composed the text in 640 AH and gave it the title by which it is more ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 15 Jumādá II 799
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+60+ii

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 2696
Title:: Miscellany of texts on gemstones, Ottoman sultans, and herbs
Scope & Content:: An anonymous notebook containing texts on gemstones, Ottoman sultans, and herbs, interspersed with notes and a prayer. Divisions of the text: (1) Lughat al-jawhar wa-asmāʾ al-jawāhir wa-manāfiʿhā (كتاب لغة الجوهر واسماء الجواهر ومنافعها, ff.1v-20v); A text enumerating different types of gemsto...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1595-1603
Extent:: Vertical format codex; ff. ii+25+xxi+2+ii

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