Penn Library's Library's LJS 495 - [Kharīdat al-ʻajāʼib wa farīḍat ...] (Video Orientation)
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Interdisciplinary Centers, Units and Projects::Penn Libraries::The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts::Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS)::Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): Videos
Degree type
Discipline
Geography
Subject
Manuscript Studies
Chess
Cosmography
World Maps
Diagrams
Arabic
Chess
Cosmography
World Maps
Diagrams
Arabic
Format
mp4
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Grant number
Copyright date
2023
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Related resources
LJS 495 in Franklin
LJS 495 in Internet Archive
LJS 495 Video Orientation on YouTube
https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9946508843503681
https://archive.org/details/ljs495
https://youtu.be/EbkQ-8Su-Ns?si=Z1gEGUo-Bm1GWJ1Y
LJS 495 in Internet Archive
LJS 495 Video Orientation on YouTube
https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9946508843503681
https://archive.org/details/ljs495
https://youtu.be/EbkQ-8Su-Ns?si=Z1gEGUo-Bm1GWJ1Y
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Contributor
Abstract
Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 495, a cosmography containing a compendium of place names, seas, and mountains; information on flora and fauna; and a brief explanation of the game of chess. This text has also been attributed to the 14th-century author Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn al-Wardī.
The item is undated, though it was possibly produced in the mid-to-late 15th or early 16th century. The colophon has been partially pasted over.