Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 SC13-SC13/3
Title
Catalogue of Moghrebine Arabic Manuscripts
Date(s)
- 26th Apr 1830 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
handwritten
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Archival history
It is unknown who compiled the list and how it became part of the Society's collections.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The Source of acquisition is unknown.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
'Catalogue of moghrebine arabic Manuscripts in the possession of Jab. Graberg of Hemso'. A list of manuscripts with Arabic titles and English descriptions owned by Jakob Graberg of Hemsö (1776–1847), Swedish Consul to Morocco. This is dated Florence, 26 April 1830 and informs that Graberg also owns a 'numerous Collection of Letters and other Papers written in the modern arabic dialects of Morocco and Tripoli, and a Proclamation of Bonaparte on his landing in Egypt in the year 1798'.
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Language of material
- English
- Arabic