Arabic manuscripts collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 116", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"116", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Arabic manuscripts collection"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 677-1893", "type"=>"inclusive"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"30 linear feet (ca. 200 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Manuscripts from various sources including the Schiff Collection of Arabic Materials.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of manuscripts written in Arabic on paper and vellum ranging from the 7th century to the late 19th century. Items include versions of the Koran and the Bible with commentaries, religious treatises, prayers, and prayer books. Literary writings are poems, proverbs, sayings, traditions, and biographical accounts. Other works concern logic, metaphysics, philosophy, astronomy, astrology, magic, medicine, law, history, and science. Also, grammars and dictionaries, and miscellaneous items such as rings and seals.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS nd"}

{"source"=>"Various", "method"=>"Gift, purchase", "value"=>"Gift, purchase, Various"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Selected manuscripts available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-334</p>"}

bibliography

{"value"=>"<p>Schmitz, Barbara. Islamic manuscripts in the New York Public Library, 1992</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p></p>", "type"=>"host"}

langmaterial_code

tur

per

ara

langmaterial

{"value"=>"A few manuscripts are in Turkish and Persian"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"Arabic manuscripts collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" Collection consists of manuscripts written in Arabic on paper and vellum ranging from the 7th century to the late 19th century. Items include versions of the Koran and the Bible with commentaries, religious treatises, prayers, and prayer books. Literary writings are poems, proverbs, sayings, traditions, and biographical accounts. Other works concern logic, metaphysics, philosophy, astronomy, astrology, magic, medicine, law, history, and science. Also, grammars and dictionaries, and miscellaneous items such as rings and seals.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

30 linear feet (ca. 200 v.)

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