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Harley MS 1290
- Record Id:
- 040-002047119
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002047119
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x00031c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1290
- Title:
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'The life of Mahomet, The Conquest of Spaine and The ruine of the Sarazine Empire'
- Scope & Content:
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Quarto manuscript volume.
Contents:
- ff. 2-6v: A short abstract of a larger work on the Life of Mahomet [Muhammad].
- ff. 7-33: Writing on the Arab conquest of Spain, including a large account of the life and character of the Caliph Almanzor. An abridgement of an account from two Arabic authors from the time, which was translated into Spanish in 1606.
- ff. 33v-38v: An account of the destruction of the 'Sarazine Empire'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002047119", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 1290: The life of Mahomet, The Conquest of Spaine and The ruine of the Sarazine Empire" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002047119 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1290 : The life of Mahomet, The Conquest of Spaine and The ruine of the Sarazine Empire - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1290]/040-002047119
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 200 x 150 mm.
Foliation: 38 folios.
Binding: Vellum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Finding Aids:
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), Volume I
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)