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Manuscript/Mixed Material Arabic manuscript number 2, by Sheikh Sana See

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Title

  • Arabic manuscript number 2, by Sheikh Sana See

Names

  • Sana See, Sheikh, author
  • Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866, former owner
  • Hicks, Frederick, active 1862, correspondent
  • Omar ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [around 1850?]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title assigned by cataloger.
  • -  Autograph.
  • -  At head of the first column (right side): "Received from Mr. Fred'k Hicks at Panama. Written by Sena See, a recaptured African, a laborer on the railroad who attended his S[unday] School. Trans. of ___(?) by Dr. Thomson & Mr. Bird"
  • -  Purchased from Sotheby's London, 30 June 2017.
  • -  Written in Panama.
  • -  Paper; tan color laid paper with elaborate blind stamp; brown and magenta ink; some text in graphite pencil; text is in two columns.
  • -  Maghribī script; 15 lines in written area 22 x 11.5 cm.
  • -  1 sheet.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Incipit: راية كاطاب كاتاب سليمان الحكيم ابن حاوا وعل سلم كل مسلمانا ع نا شيخ سنا سي ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: ... والحمد لله رب العلمين ___(؟) شيخ سنا سي.

Medium

  • 1 sheet, originally folded (21 lines), paper ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E445.N8 O43, no. 37

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018371875

Online Format

  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Omar Ibn Said Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Omar Ibn Said Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Sana See, Sheikh, Author, Theodore Dwight, Frederick Hicks, and Omar Ibn Said Collection. Arabic manuscript number 2, by Sheikh Sana See. [Around ?, 1850] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371875/.

APA citation style:

Sana See, S., Dwight, T., Hicks, F. & Omar Ibn Said Collection. (1850) Arabic manuscript number 2, by Sheikh Sana See. [Around ?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371875/.

MLA citation style:

Sana See, Sheikh, Author, et al. Arabic manuscript number 2, by Sheikh Sana See. [Around ?, 1850] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018371875/>.