A Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of the European and Asiatic Manuscripts in the Library of the Late Dr. Adam Clarke, F.S.A., M.R.I.A., Etc. ...J. Murray, 1835 - 236 pagina's |
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... blue ink , especially those of Books and Treatises , which are elaborately adorned . One third of the volume in the middle is written in a larger and bolder hand , but apparently by the same scribe . A very few curious readings are ...
... blue ink , especially those of Books and Treatises , which are elaborately adorned . One third of the volume in the middle is written in a larger and bolder hand , but apparently by the same scribe . A very few curious readings are ...
Pagina 11
... blue . The First volume , composed of smaller skins of vellum than the others , stands 18 inches high and is 13 broad . The second and third volumes stand 21 inches high and are 14 broad . Whether the Vellum , which is white , beautiful ...
... blue . The First volume , composed of smaller skins of vellum than the others , stands 18 inches high and is 13 broad . The second and third volumes stand 21 inches high and are 14 broad . Whether the Vellum , which is white , beautiful ...
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... blue , white , red and gold ; the Capitals are all illuminated with gold and fine colors . The running Titles of Books are in Rubric , and their Titles also in the body of the Work , shewing where they begin and where they end . Each ...
... blue , white , red and gold ; the Capitals are all illuminated with gold and fine colors . The running Titles of Books are in Rubric , and their Titles also in the body of the Work , shewing where they begin and where they end . Each ...
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... upon the finest vellum : the initial letters of chapters , & c . are highly ornamented with red and blue penmanship , and the beginnings of Books are splendidly illuminated in gold and colours . EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS . 21.
... upon the finest vellum : the initial letters of chapters , & c . are highly ornamented with red and blue penmanship , and the beginnings of Books are splendidly illuminated in gold and colours . EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS . 21.
Pagina 24
... blue . For evenness of writing , boldness of stroke , unfailing beauty of execution , this MS . cannot be surpassed . It appears to have lost a leaf or leaves at the end ; perhaps one also at the beginning ; it commences with the ...
... blue . For evenness of writing , boldness of stroke , unfailing beauty of execution , this MS . cannot be surpassed . It appears to have lost a leaf or leaves at the end ; perhaps one also at the beginning ; it commences with the ...
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Akbar ancient Anwans Arabic Author beautiful beautifully written blue bold bound in red bound in Russia bound in vellum broad margins Buddhoo calf Colophon columns contains Copy Couplets curious Dæmon double ruled elegant elegantly embossed binding exceedingly exquisite full gilt glazed Paper gold and colors Hafiz half bound History illuminated Anwans inches long inches wide IRISH Jamy JATAKA King Koran Large 8vo leaf leaves Leely lines margins Masorah Masoretic note Mesnavi Mohammed Nameh native binding neat neatly written Nisk Odes original binding ornamented Paintings Pali Pentateuch Persian Persian language PIERS PLOUGHMAN plain Poems Poet Poetical red Morocco reign Royal 8vo rubric Sæc Sanscreet Scribe Shah Shah Jehan Shah Nameh Singalese Small 4to Small Folio splendidly bound style SYRIAC Taleekh Taleekh hand thick Thin 4to thou translated uddeen unadorned vellum verse volume writing written A. H. written on vellum نامه
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Pagina 23 - ... the original binding, stamped with Royal devices, which show that the work was bound for Henry V. of England, have been inlaid in each cover. The following note, descriptive of the binding, and dated January 14th, 1822, was written on the last leaf of the MS. by Dr. Adam Clarke, the bibliographer. "From the binding, it appears that this book formerly belonged to Henry V., King of England. The leather is embossed with various devices. On the right side, or board, there is a square compartment,...
Pagina 31 - Prospectus of a dictionary of the language of the Aire Coti, or Ancient Irish, compared with the language of the Cuti, or Ancient Persians, with the...
Pagina 89 - For upwards of eighty-six years I have kept my accounts exactly : I will not attempt it any longer, being satisfied with the continual conviction, that I save all- I can, and give all I can ; that is, all I have.
Pagina 24 - ... crown, and is supported by a greyhound, more like a wolf, on the right, and a griffin on the left; over the head of the griffin appear the Sun and Stars, and over the head of the greyhound, or wolf, the Moon and Stars. At the bottom of the shield, on the left, is an H, and on the right a V, ie, Hen. V. "On each cover, at the oblong end of the square, which contains the Scroll and Arms, are two compartments, containing four squares, in each of which a pelican is represented with her young in a...
Pagina 35 - Hystoyre et plaisante cronicque |! du petit Jehan de saintre| de la jeune dame des belles cousines sans || autre nom nommer | auecques deux autres petites hystoires de mes-1| sire Floridan et la belle Ellinde | et lextraict des cronicques de flandres.
Pagina 64 - How, whie, and when, they were suppressed : And how they may best be Knowne, and tryed at this daye, from other Lordshipps that weare not Lordshipps marchers...
Pagina 136 - ... after a particular fashion; but that they also twist their hair after a manner quite different from the rest of the Mussulmans.* Hosain Waez also, in his paraphrase and commentary upon the Koran, recites the following passage from Ali : — " God hath given men two Imams, that is to say, two pontifs or mediators between him and them. The first is the prophet who is gone, and is no more among them. The second which remains and shall continue always with them is the prayer which they make to obtain...
Pagina 10 - The emperor standing, holding a sceptre in his right hand, and a globe surmounted by a cross, in his left; Christ standing, placing a garland on his head.—Bev.
Pagina 65 - Le massime de Privati; La Politica che adopra con i Sudditi; il gienio, e le preteze co' Prencipi; Le sue forze ordinarie con che possa operare in un straordinario Armamento; L'abbondanza del Dinaro, e La sicurezza, o il dubbio alla permanenza, di Cesareo Della Torre...
Pagina 23 - On the left-band side, or board, in a square, as before, there is another, in which there is a large shield, containing the Arms of England and France, quartered, three Fleurs de lis, and three leopards passant, guardant. The shield is surmounted with an imperial crown, and is supported by a greyhound, more like a wolf, on the right, and a griffin on the left; over the head of the griffin appear the Sun and Stars, and over the head of the greyhound, or wolf, the...