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Jake Benson replied to the topic Another enigmatic seal impression. in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThank you, Muntazir!
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Muntazir Ali replied to the topic Another enigmatic seal impression. in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoI would suggest:
شری بنیحناتهه سهای 20
Shri Banih Nath Sahai 20.
It is an Indian seal.
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Jake Benson started the topic Another enigmatic seal impression. in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoFrom Rylands Persian MS 942, fol. 1a, intaglio-carved in three stacked horizonal nasta‘līq lines , double-ruled,with the name of a former owner or associate, possibly Shihābī, bearing either a regnal or abbreviated year 20. 12 × 15 mm.
Perhaps, Shihābī read from bottom-up? Then Bī… [something] and sarī at top? Any comments greatly appreciated.
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Jake Benson started the topic The Archived Chester Beatty Library Islamic Seals Database in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThe Archived Chester Beatty Library Islamic Seals Database:
Screen Shots and Tips For Access
Jake Benson, Research Associate for Persian Manuscripts
John Rylands Research Institute and Library
University of Manchester
22 April 2023
Since the Chester Beatty Library reformatted its website in 2019, it regrettably removed the Islamic Seal Database,…[Read more] -
Jake Benson started the topic “Taking the Past into the Future”: Hybrid Symposium, 11–12 May 2023 in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoTaking the Past into the Future: Studying, Preserving, and Understanding Islamicate Manuscripts
Thursday 11 May, 10am-5pm and Friday 12 May 10am-4.30pm BST
University of Edinburgh
This two-day symposium hosted between the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) will feature…[Read more] -
Jake Benson replied to the topic Tricky seal impression in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThank you! Mehdi Qorbani also kindly read the same in his Twitter reply here.
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Muntazir Ali replied to the topic Tricky seal impression in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThe seal reads as follows:
صاحبه رکن الدین بن محمد -
Jake Benson started the topic Tricky seal impression in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoIf you’ve a moment, please see this seal impression. Any ideas?
مهر صاحبه ؟؟؟؟؟ الدین محمد -
Jake Benson started the topic Unusual calligram? in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 12 months agoGreetings everyone,
Rylands Persian MS 27, a Bahāristān of Jāmī once held in the Mughal library bears this unsual marking on folio 1b, adjacent to the header. Have any of you encountered such a marking previously? I wonder if it might possibly be some sort of stylized, undotted Yā Kabīkaj formula? What do you think?
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Jake Benson started the topic Petition in the discussion
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Jake Benson started the topic OCR in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 3 years agoTerrific news for non-Latin script specialists: Archive.org will take advantage of new advancements in OCR to reprocess printed multi-script manuscript catalogues, which currently misinterpret non-Latin scripts as gibberish. They just reprocessed one volume of Rieu’s British Museum catalogue https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008986313 and…[Read more]
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Jake Benson started the topic Welcome! in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 3 years agoWelcome to everyone interested in deciphering challenging examples of handwritten Arabic script, inclusive of all languages, as well as associated topics spanning everything from codicology and materials, seal impressions, as well as early printing methods. I currently catalogue Persian manuscripts held in the John Rylands Research Institute and…[Read more]
