https://lifestories.uvic.ca/files/original/73df39c4a26b4b6cd3996b077049234e.jpg 90bc3cec2a84eecbf13699def74db0bb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beginnings Subject The topic of the resource Beginnings Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maqamat Al-Hariri, illustrated by Y. Al-Wasiti; introduction by Oleg Grabar Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122. VRA Core VRA Core standard for artistic pieces and cultural heritage artifacts. The first input will be treated as a <display> element. More detailed VRA Core metadata is available below that input. Description A free-text note about the Work, Collection, or Image, including comments, description, or interpretation, that gives additional information not recorded in other categories. Facsimile reproduction of Bibliotheque Nationale de France manuscript "Ms Arabe 5847", accompanied by an introductory volume. "A single and unrepeatable, limited edition of 2000 numbered copies in Arabic numerals ... This same edition includes 200 copies in Roman numerals ..."--T.p. verso. <hr width=80%> Al-Maqamat is the title of a book written by al-Hariri (1054-1122) and illustrated by Y. al-Wasiti. Containing fifty short stories (maquamat means "sessions" or "settings"), it is considered to be one of the greatest Arabic illuminated manuscripts of all time. Unusual meanings of words, creative grammatical constructions and double and triple puns are employed to exhibit the astounding complexity of the Arabic language. Hundreds of copies from the original manuscript of Hariri have remained from the thirteenth and later centuries. The manuscript survives with 99 miniatures (this birth image is quite extraordinary for its depiction of a woman in childbirth). Miniatures from this manuscript have been praised for their realism in depicting aspects of Islmaic, and especially Arab, history and culture. The two male figures seen in the top corners of the painting are the main protagonists in the Maqamat. They are creating a horoscope for the newborn child (natal astrology). The astrolabe is being employed to plot the positions of the sun, moon, and astrological houses at the time of birth. Date Date or range of dates associated with the creation, design, production, presentation, performance, construction, or alteration, etc. of the work or image. Dates may be expressed as free text or numerical. In format yyyy-mm-dd yyyy-mm-dd. 2003 Style Period A defined style, historical period, group, school, dynasty, movement, etc. whose characteristics are represented in the Work or Image. 13th Century Worktype Identifies the specific type of WORK, COLLECTION, or IMAGE being described in the record. Facsimile of 13th Century manuscript Technique The production or manufacturing processes, techniques, and methods incorporated in the fabrication or alteration of the work or image. Book Measurements The physical size, shape, scale, dimensions, or format of the Work or Image. Dimensions may include such measurements as volume, weight, area or running time. 27 x 38 cm Subject Terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the Work or Image and what it depicts or expresses. These may include generic terms that describe the work and the elements that it comprises, terms that identify particular people, geographic places, narrative and iconographic themes, or terms that refer to broader concepts or interpretations. Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts. Text in Arabic; introd. in English by Oleg Grabar, with French, German and Arabic translations. Cultural Context The name of the culture, people (ethnonym), or adjectival form of a country name fromwhich a Work, Collection, or Image originates, or the cultural context with which the Work, Collection, or Image has been associated. Islamic (1054-1122) Location The geographic location and/or name of the repository, building, site, or other entity whose boundaries include the Work or Image. Special Collections Oversize Textref Contains the name of a related textual reference and any type of unique identifier that text assigns to a Work or Collection that is independent of any repository. Facsimile of Manuscript. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Arabe 5847. Illustrations.