Data · dataset · 2026
MPRINTLAMU-NDAU-022-AZ
Listed in Hamburger Zentrum für Sprachkorpora Korpus Repositorium
Description
MPRINTLAMU-NDAU-022-AZ General Ref/Shelf Mark : MPRINTLAMU-NDAU-022-AZ Collection of original material : NDAU Owner/Custodian : Abdulrahman Muhammad Bana Yusuf First sentence in original script : الفصل الثالث في كوكب المريخ وهو في السماء الخامسة وهو يقطع الفلك عشرون شهر او في كل بروج First sentence in transliteration : al-faṣl al-thālith fī kawkab al-mirrīkh wa huwa fī al-samāʾ al-khāmisa wa huwa yuqatiʿ al-fulk ʿishrūn shahr aw fī kul burūj Description of Content : Falak Modality of text : Manuscript Text Arrangement : Fragment Physical Description of item : Unbound manuscript of handmade paper, comprised of a single folio from the original object.
Script is written in predominantly black and red ink, with the latter used for stylising specific words in the script. Decorative devices of red and black to serve to mark the ends of sentences. Main text is oriented in two different ways horizong and vertical.
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Physical characteristics (folios) : 1 State of completion : Incomplete Primary Language of object : Arabic|Swahili Secondary Language of object : Arabic Script of object : Arabic Keywords : Falak Location of original material : NDAU Location where copied : NDAU Comments : The text deals with astrology and the stars. How to decide the right time for different actions acording to stars. The two last pages are written in Ajami Swahili.
Collection description The MPRINTLAMU shelf mark introduces a broad range of manuscript texts (and one printed book) from the Lamu archipelago. Each group is named after the village, town, or island where it is found. The island of Ndau, at the northern end of the Lamu archipelago, Pate and Siyu villages on Pate Island, and Matondoni, a village on Lamu Island, are included in this list.
The texts date from the late 18th century to the early 20th century and cover a wide range of subjects, including medicine and science, magic, poetry, agriculture, law, genealogy, and Sufism, among others. Some of the manuscripts are held in mosque libraries, while others are in private homes. Among the unique objects in this collection are Quranic manuscripts produced in Siyu and mawlid texts from 18th-century Pate.
These texts increase the Swahili corpus available from this early time period. TIFF files High-quality TIFF images are available for researchers upon request. Please send an e-mail to manuscript-cultures@uni-hamburg.de , include your name, institution and specify which MPRINT images you need and indicate their intended purpose.
Your request will be reviewed as quickly as possible. TIFF files High-quality TIFF images are available for researchers upon request. Please send an e-mail to manuscript-cultures@uni-hamburg.de , include your name, institution and specify which MPRINT images you need and indicate their intended purpose.
Your request will be reviewed as quickly as possible.
Links
Where it is published
- fdr.uni-hamburg.de /record/21791 ↗
Hamburger Zentrum für Sprachkorpora Korpus Repositorium record
landing page · from fdr uni hamburg de
- DOI doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.21791 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from fdr uni hamburg de
Catalogue records · 1
- InvenioRDM API fdr.uni-hamburg.de/api/records/21791 ↗
metadata API · from fdr uni hamburg de
Topics
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburger Zentrum für Sprachkorpora Korpus Repositorium | 21791 | 2 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · fdr uni hamburg de | connector:fdr_uni_hamburg_de@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · fdr uni hamburg de | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:text | enrichment · fdr uni hamburg de | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| description | source · fdr uni hamburg de | connector:fdr_uni_hamburg_de@1.0.0 | /metadata/description |
| license | source · fdr uni hamburg de | connector:fdr_uni_hamburg_de@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · fdr uni hamburg de | connector:fdr_uni_hamburg_de@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · fdr uni hamburg de | connector:fdr_uni_hamburg_de@1.0.0 | /metadata/title |
| updated_date | source · fdr uni hamburg de | connector:fdr_uni_hamburg_de@1.0.0 |