FamilyMuḥammad , -632, Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Tents, Camps
Photographs showing the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj and the tomb of "Sittana" (Our Lady) Maymunah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muḥammad,... Show morePhotographs showing the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj and the tomb of "Sittana" (Our Lady) Maymunah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muḥammad, on the outskirts of Mecca.The photographs were taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. Plates no. 9a nd 9b in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). Photographs are numbered (IXa and IXb). The negatives had handwork applied. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0273-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26533789 BIB-ID: 2831996 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages--Saudi Arabia, Tents, Camps, Mosques
Photograph showing pilgrims with tents, camels, and livestock gathered at Muzdalifah Mecca during the Hajj. A mosque - possibly the Masjid Mashar... Show morePhotograph showing pilgrims with tents, camels, and livestock gathered at Muzdalifah Mecca during the Hajj. A mosque - possibly the Masjid Mashar al-Haram - is in the background. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. Plate no. 12 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (XII). The negative had handwork applied. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0273-0012 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26534010 BIB-ID: 2832003 Show less
Government facilities, Government facilities--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs
This image shows a view over the city of Mecca from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. The photograph is the left section of a four... Show moreThis image shows a view over the city of Mecca from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. The photograph is the left section of a four part panorama which includes Plates III, IV and V. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1887. Title from caption list in original portfolio. Date from original item. Plate no. 2 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (II). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. The print has manuscript annotations in Arabic beneath the image referring to locations indicated in a key below the image "مكة المكرمة. (١) الحميدية دائرة ال...، (٢) قلعة أجياد، (٣) المطبعة الأميرية". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.11014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2654071x BIB-ID: 2832156 Show less
Botany, Botany--Middle East, Description and travel, DS47 .R38 1583
First complete edition, including the fourth part which contains 42 woodcuts of oriental plants unknown till then, among them the Rauwolfia ... Show moreFirst complete edition, including the fourth part which contains 42 woodcuts of oriental plants unknown till then, among them the Rauwolfia (important to pharmaceutics). Rauwolf, an Augsburg physician, travelled to the Near East to collect and describe the flora of the region. His account of the three-year journey provides details not only of the plants he encountered but also of the people and customs and of the difficulties of travel, containing many authentic and reliable observations. His reports also include the first printed account of coffee as a social drink (cf. Hünersdorff/H. II, 1221). "He was the first modern botanist to collect and describe the flora of the regions east of the Levantine coast" (Norman). The Burrell copy of the 1582 edition - still without the fourth part with the illustrations - fetched GBP 16,200 (Sothebys, 5 Oct 99, lot 677). - Washed throughout and heavily restored in places. Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Jn costen vnd verlag Georgen Willers. 1583. Titelbl. T. 4: Getruckt zu Laugingen, durch Leonhart Reinmichel, in verlegung Georgen Willers. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .R38 1583 Book Item-ID: i16875436 BIB-ID: 1510962 Show less
First edition. Contains chapters on the characteristics of various breeds of horses, about breeding and stud features; the plate shows different... Show moreFirst edition. Contains chapters on the characteristics of various breeds of horses, about breeding and stud features; the plate shows different types of horseshoes. Fine provenance copy from the library of Duke Max in Bavaria (1808-88), father of Empress Elizabeth.The Duke had a hippodrome installed at his Ludwigsstrasse palace, where he regularly performed as dressage rider. Immaculate, spotless copy. Publisher's advertisements: p. 341-344. Main Heritage Shelves General SF285 .S34 1829 Book Item-ID: i16220572 BIB-ID: 1463239 Show less
Arabian horse, Horses--Breeding, Reiten, Einführung, ReitenEinführung, ReitenEinführung, SF291 .G36 1692
sampt beygefugter Gestutt-Ordnung, und grundlicher Einzaumung wie auch der Pferde-Cur. Two rare works on horse keeping, breeding, illnesses, care... Show moresampt beygefugter Gestutt-Ordnung, und grundlicher Einzaumung wie auch der Pferde-Cur. Two rare works on horse keeping, breeding, illnesses, care and general horsemanship. I: Profusely illustrated work showing the riding figures, the various kinds of bridles and headgear, and the telltale marks of equine health or illness (with a double-page-sized plate). - II: Separately published version of Book Eight from Hohberg's "Georgica curiosa", an encyclopedic work about agriculture and housekeeping. - Binding shows some rubbing and chafing; gluestains to endpapers; old catalogue clipping mounted on pastedown. Some browning and brownstaining. Main Heritage Shelves General SF291 .G36 1692 Book Item-ID: i16220468 BIB-ID: 1463228 With: Neugebahnter Tummel-platz und eröffnete Reit-schul Show less
Fabri was a German Dominican, made two pilgrimages to the Holy Land. The first in 1480 and the second in 1483- 84 as chaplain of four German barons... Show moreFabri was a German Dominican, made two pilgrimages to the Holy Land. The first in 1480 and the second in 1483- 84 as chaplain of four German barons, whose Truchsen Johannes von Waldburg who accompanied Breydenbach. It was at their request that he wrote in German a short narrative of their pilgrimage, that it was first composed in Latin. The itinerary of Fabri, with those Breydenbach Suriano 1483 and 1485 are considered the most comprehensive and most complete of the Middle Ages. Felix Fabri. Signatures: A⁴-Z⁴,a⁴-z⁴, Aa⁴-Ii⁴. Has catchword. Ex-libris stamp on the pastedown. Woodcuts in title page frame. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .F33 1556 Book Item-ID: i21697243 BIB-ID: 2152030 Show less
الحضارة الإسلامية, التاريخ الإسلامى, DS38.3 .M412 1957
تأليف الأستاذ آدم متز أستاذ اللغات الشرقية بجامعة بازل بسويسرة ؛ نقله إلى العربية محمد عبد الهادي أبو ريدة. Main Heritage Compact General DS38.3 ... Show moreتأليف الأستاذ آدم متز أستاذ اللغات الشرقية بجامعة بازل بسويسرة ؛ نقله إلى العربية محمد عبد الهادي أبو ريدة. Main Heritage Compact General DS38.3 .M412 1957 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i16032937 BIB-ID: 2535457 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General BP130 .G65 1920 Book Item-ID: i10081124 BIB-ID: 1009748 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General BP130 .G65 1920 Book Item-ID: i10081124 BIB-ID: 1009748 Show less
taʼlīf Abī Jaʻfar Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb al-Baghdādī. Iʻtaná bi-nashrih Fardīnānd Vastinfild. In Arabic. Cover title. Added t.p.: Über die... Show moretaʼlīf Abī Jaʻfar Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb al-Baghdādī. Iʻtaná bi-nashrih Fardīnānd Vastinfild. In Arabic. Cover title. Added t.p.: Über die Gleichheit und Verschiedenheit der [a]rabischen Stämmenamen [von] Muḥammed ben Ḥabib. Reproduced from ms. copy. Reprint of the 1850 ed. Part of the Arabic Collections Online (ACO) project, contributed by New York Univeristy Libraries. Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : New York University, 2016. NNU تأليف أبي جعفر محمد بن حبيب البغدادي ؛ اعتنى بنشره فرديناند ڤستنفلد. Show less
