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Add MS 6801
- Record Id:
- 032-003442864
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442864
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x000563
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6801
- Title:
- Collection of diplomatic letters written during the conquest of Sicily by the Arabians, collected A.H. 375 (A.D. 985) by Mustafà Ben Haai, Grand Mufti of Sicily
- Scope & Content:
-
Paper, in folio, ff. 31, 18th century (in the same hand as the last [Add MS 6800]), containing a collection of diplomatic letters written during the conquest of Sicily by the Arabians, collected A.H. 375 (A.D. 985) by Mustafà Ben Haai, Grand Mufti of Sicily, at the command of the Chief Emei Aabd Allah Ben Mahámmed Ben Abi Alhasen.
These letters are translated from the Italian of Alfonso Airoldi, in the ‘Codice Diplomatico di Sicilia sotto il governo degli Arabi,’ tom. I, pp. 1-41.
Prefixed are the Saracen calendar, and the ancient, and modern, names of places.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442864
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442864
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (31 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio
- Custodial History:
- Add MS 6798 to Add MS 6803 were presented by Richard Colt Hoare, baronet, in 1828
- Publications:
- Prefixed are the Saracen calendar, and the ancient, and modern, names of places
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.