Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of the 1628 version of the poem "The deplorable life and death of Edward the Second" (Hubert denounced this edition and published his authorized fuller text in 1629), incomplete at end, lacking last 4 s...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
In literature, English literature, English poetry, Historical poetry, English, Lute music, Political poetry, English, and Songs, English
Manuscript, on paper, containing al-Suyūṭī's Raṣf al-laʼāl fī waṣf al-hilāl, an anthology of poetical pieces on "al-Hilāl" (the new moon), by Khalīl al-Ṣafadī and others
Manuscript, on paper, containing al-Suyūṭī's Nuzhat al-nadīm (Picnic of the Boon Companion), a treatise on "Ḍurāṭ" (Farting). The work ends on leaf 52 recto, and is followed by additions by Yūsuf ibn al-Wakīl al-Mīlawī about "Nawādir al-ḍ...
Description:
Copied about 1736.
Subject (Topic):
Flatulence, In literature, and Arabic wit and humor
Abū Nuʻaym al-Iṣbahānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 948-1038 أبو نعيم الإصبهاني، أحمد بن عبد الله، 948-1038
Published / Created:
1765.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 1072
Image Count:
11
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
"Juzʼ fī faḍl al-dīk", a treatise on the traits and virtues of the domestic rooster, by Abū Nuʻaym al-Iṣbahānī (Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 948-1038), a prolific author, a Ḥadīth scholar, a historian, a biographer, and frequent traveler, teacher of the well...
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Abū Nuʻaym al-Iṣbahānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 948-1038.
Bozzy and Piozzi, British biographers, a town eclogue, Pindar's works no. 10, and Pindar's works, no. 12 vol. 2
Description:
BEIN 1972 92 1: Imperfect: Trimmed at foot, with slight loss of text. Armorial bookplate: Edward Everett. No. 10 of 16 works bound together with binder's title: Pindar's works, v. 1.
Publisher:
Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet Street; and W. Forster, Music-Seller, No. 348, near Exeter 'Change, in the Strand
Facius, Georg Sigmund, approximately 1750- printmaker
Published / Created:
[1795]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 14
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the palace in Alexandria, Antony holds his hand to his head in despair on the right, while Eros tries to draw his attention to the distraught Cleopatra, who approaches from the left, half fainting, sustained by her women. Also depicted: Charmian, I...
Description:
Title from later state in the British Museum.
Publisher:
John & Josiah Boydell
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616,, Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C.,, and Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C.,
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Antony, In literature, Cleopatra, Charmian, and Eros
Cymbeline's palace in Britain: Standing behind a pillar, Posthumus ties a keepsake around Imogen's wrist as she looks over her shoulder fearfully at the king on the right as he angrily throws aside a curtain, catching them in the act
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Publisher:
John & Josiah Boydell
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, and Cunobelinus, King of the Britons, -43?
