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MapCairo, Il[linois] 1867. "This panoramic map shows Cairo, Illinois, as it appeared in 1867. The city was located at the southernmost point of Illinois, at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, across the Mississippi from Missouri. On this map, the settlement can be seen on the peninsula-shaped point located between the two rivers, with the Ohio River in the foreground and the Mississippi River in...- Contributor: Chicago Lithographing Co. - Ruger, A.
- Date: 1867
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Book/Printed MaterialCairo to Kisumu; Cairo to Kisumu: Egypt-Sudan-Kenya Colony was the fifth in a series of books known as Carpenter's World Travels, written by Frank G. Carpenter (1855-1924) in the 1920s and published by the Garden City, New York, firm of Doubleday, Page & Company. Carpenter was an American author of books on travel and world geography whose geographical readers were popular in American schools in the early...- Contributor: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George)
- Date: 1923
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Book/Printed MaterialCairo. Sketches of Its History, Monuments, and Social Life.
Cairo, sketches of its history, monuments, and social life Stanley Lane-Poole (1854--1931) was a British orientalist, archaeologist, and numismatist, whose career included work with the British Museum, archaeological research in Egypt, and teaching Arabic studies at Dublin University. He wrote 16 catalogs of Arabic and oriental coins, books on the history and cultural life of the Muslim world, and biographies of English dignitaries associated with the East. Lane-Poole also was the editor of...- Contributor: Fenn, Harry - Seymour, G. L. - Woodward, John Douglas - Lane-Poole, Stanley
- Date: 1892
- Resource: - 346 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialAn Agreeable Discussion of the History of Egypt and Cairo. This work is a printed edition of Ḥusn al-muhādara fī akhbār Miṣr wa al-Qāhira (An agreeable discussion of the history of Egypt and Cairo) by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti. It covers the history of Egypt, its rulers and their armies, and their historical reputations. The book consists of two parts, printed in a single volume, by the Al-sharafīya publishing house in Cairo in 1909. Imām...- Contributor: Sūyūtī
- Date: 1909
- Resource: - 252 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialArab Art as Seen Through the Monuments of Cairo: From the Seventh Century to the End of the 18th.
L'art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire : depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe L'art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire: depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe (Arab art as seen through the monuments of Cairo: From the seventh century to the end of the 18th) is an immense, sumptuously produced work that illustrates the richness of Islamic art and architecture as seen in the streets, buildings, monuments, decorative arts, and books and manuscripts of...- Contributor: Prisse D'avennes
- Date: 1877
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MapMiddle East region air navigation meeting : Cairo, Egypt.
Recommended facilities for search and rescue, Middle East Region, P.I.C.A.O. "This map was prepared for the Middle East Region Air Navigation Meeting of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO), which took place in Cairo, Egypt, in October 1946. It shows political borders and recommended facilities for search and rescue, including rescue-coordinating and rescue-alerting centers, bases for different types of search-and-rescue aircraft, and facilities for surface vessels. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was...- Contributor: Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization
- Date: 1946
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Book/Printed MaterialAttainment of Fluency in "Al-Muthallathat" Poetry. Nayl al-arab fi-muthallathat al-'Arab (Attainment of fluency in al-muthallathat poetry) is a manual of poetics for students. It discusses the use of triple short vowels (muthallathat) in a manner conforming to Arabic morphology and authoritative practice. The author, Hasan ibn 'Ali Quwaydir (1788 or 1789-1846), does not tell us how he came to select the words and phrases in the book. In its idiosyncratic...- Contributor: Quwaydir, Hasan Ibn 'Ali
- Date: 1902
- Resource: - 67 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialLiterature and Religion of the Ancient Egyptians. This survey of ancient Egyptian history and customs, published in Cairo in 1923, was intended for the general reader. In the introduction, the author, Anṭūn Zikrī, notes that although there are many works on this subject in foreign languages, the Egyptian who reads only Arabic can find nothing about his own history. The work is illustrated with black and white plates depicting objects in...- Contributor: Zikrī, Anṭwān, 1949
- Date: 1923
- Resource: - 99 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialReconciling Mercy with Justice. This manuscript is a notebook containing the draft of a sermon or essay by Coptic thinker and teacher Iryan Moftah (1826--86) on the theme of the reconciliation of justice with mercy. The author's notes are in a careful Ruqah script on unlined commercial notebook paper with holes punched for insertion into a binder. The main text is heavily annotated with Biblical citations and textual...- Contributor: Moftah, Iryan
- Date: 1800
- Resource: - 24 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialCoptic Grammar. This manuscript consists of a portion of a Coptic primer by Iryan Moftah (1826--86). It lists useful phrases, with the Coptic in the left column and the Arabic on the right. Moftah avoids explanation of linguistic complexities or conjugations. This, along with the simple, everyday phrases, leads to the conclusion that the book is aimed at schoolchildren or young seminarians rather than advanced learners....- Contributor: Moftah, Iryan
- Date: 1800
- Resource: - 38 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialLitanies of the Virgin Mary. This Arabic manuscript contains two works pertaining to the Virgin Mary, who is recognized as the mother of Jesus Christ in both Christian and Muslim scriptures. The first manuscript is a personal prayer to the Virgin, to be recited daily for spiritual benefit. It includes a review of Mary's place in the life of Jesus as recounted in the New Testament, beginning with the...- Contributor: Moftah, Iryan
- Date: 1800
- Resource: - 42 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialCalculating Coptic Orthdox Easter. This manuscript deals with the calculation of Easter Sunday according to the Coptic calendar. Fixing this date each year governs much of the liturgical and devotional life of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Coptic calendar begins in 284 AD, which is called Anno Martyrum (AM), or Year of the Martyrs. The first folio contains a table of the four seasons with their corresponding Coptic...- Contributor: Girgis, Butrus
- Date: 1856
- Resource: - 50 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Sublime Pearl in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. This manuscript volume contains two drafts of a work on the Eucharistic sacrament (Arabic, sirr al-'Afkharistiya). The sacrament is revered in many Christian churches, including the Coptic Orthodox Church, as the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It is the central event of every mass in the Orthodox tradition and in many Western denominations. The volume contains...- Contributor: Moftah, Iryan
- Date: 1886
- Resource: - 58 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialCoptic Language Primer. This manuscript is a basic introduction to the alphabet, pronunciation, and grammar of the Bohairic dialect of the Coptic language written for Arabic speakers by Iryan Moftah (1826--86). It is copied in a commercial notebook. The author divides each page vertically with text in Coptic script on the left and Arabic translation or explanation on the right. The manuscript is written in a bold...- Contributor: Moftah, Iryan
- Date: 1800
- Resource: - 64 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialGospel of Saint Mark. This manuscript copy of the Gospel of Saint Mark can be dated to the 18th century. The text is copied clearly and enclosed in a double-lined frame in red. The folios are numbered with Coptic numerals. The manuscript has many marginal notes and Old Testament references in Arabic, with Coptic numerals employed for chapter and verse citations. The marginalia may have been added by...- Date: 1700
- Resource: - 70 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialGospel of Saint Luke. This manuscript of the Gospel of Saint Luke can be dated to the 18th century. The text is written clearly and enclosed in a double-lined frame in red. The folios are numbered with Coptic numerals. The manuscript has many marginal notes and Old Testament references in Arabic, with Coptic numerals employed for chapter and verse citations. The marginalia may have been added by Wadi'...- Date: 1700
- Resource: - 98 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialGospel of Saint John. This Arabic manuscript of the Gospel of Saint John dates from the 18th century. The text is written clearly and enclosed in a double-lined frame in red. The folios are numbered with Coptic numerals. The manuscript has many marginal notes and Old Testament references in Arabic, with Coptic numerals employed for chapter and verse citations. The marginalia may have been added by Wadi' Muftah,...- Date: 1700
- Resource: - 78 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialUntitled Notebook of Coptic-language Lessons. This manuscript contains a Coptic grammar and vocabulary notes compiled by Father Girgis Murqus of Akhmīm, Upper Egypt. It includes lists of common phrases in Coptic with Arabic translation. It probably was used by the author as a teaching guide for beginning Coptic classes. It is similar to the primers of Iryan Moftah (1826--86), a prominent teacher of Coptic and linguistic reformer, but it...- Contributor: Murqus, Girgis
- Date: 1800
- Resource: - 80 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialLetters, Essays, and Sermons by Saint Gregory Nazianzus. This 18th-century manuscript is a collection of letters, essays, and sermons by Saint Gregory Nazianzus (died circa 389). The manuscript is thought to be the first Arabic translation from the original Greek and has not yet been edited or published. It is the second volume of a two-volume work. Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Gregory the Theologian, is recognized as a Father of...- Contributor: Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint, Circa 330-Circa 389 - Al-Khawaga, Gibrail Ibrahim Barbari - Albayasy, Issa Palatine
- Date: 1787
- Resource: - 238 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialPentateuch. This manuscript is an Arabic translation of the first five books of the Old Testament (Pentateuch), which is called on the first leaf, "The Holy Torah." The book contains little information about its production other than a note at the end indicating that it is of Coptic origin. Framed cruciform patterns appear at the top of the first leaf and are the only illustrations...- Date: 1800
- Resource: - 438 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialLetters, Pedagogical Teachings, and Sayings of Saint Anthony of Egypt. This manuscript opens with the 20 letters "to the sons who follow his [Anthony's] gentle path...and prayers to keep us from Satan's example." The letters are for the most part short, many not exceeding five folios. According to an introductory note, they are addressed to both men and women. The work is in a bold but relaxed hand. Each letter or other significant section...- Contributor: Moftah, Fahim - Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, Approximately 250-355 or 356
- Date: 1770
- Resource: - 368 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialTowards Salvation through Fervent Prayer. This manuscript of devotions attributed to Butrus al-Sadamanti appears to have been copied in the 19th century by an anonymous scribe. The manuscript includes a 40-page introduction to the devotions. The title is not found in the work itself, but is noted on the inside front cover. The binding is small and tight and the text block is generally sound except for the last...- Contributor: Al-Sadamantī, Buṭrus, 13th Century
- Date: 1800
- Resource: - 370 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialHistorical Books of the Old Testament. This Biblical manuscript contains portions of the Old Testament historical books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. The volume is incomplete at the beginning and end. The scribe, whose name might have appeared in the missing colophon, is unknown. The copying was done in 1748 (Joshua) and 1749 (Second Kings). There are guide words but no page numbers. Chapters are inconsistently marked. The work...- Date: 1748
- Resource: - 601 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialThe History of the Roman Provinces of the Near East. This Arabic manuscript is a history of the Roman provinces of the Near East, with special reference to King Herod the Great and the dynasty he founded. The manuscript lacks numerous pages at the beginning and end. The remaining portion contains the history of Roman Palestine during the first century BC until the destruction of the temple by Roman emperor Titus in 70 AD....- Date: 1600
- Resource: - 262 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Wanderer in Arabia or Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks.
The wanderer in Arabia, or, Western footsteps in eastern tracks The Wanderer in Arabia or Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks is an illustrated, two-volume work describing two separate journeys, in Egypt and in the Holy Land, undertaken in 1850-51 by George T. Lowth (also seen as Louth), an Englishman. Little is known about Lowth except that he was a keen traveler who published eight other books, including other travelogues, poetry, and a novel. The...- Contributor: Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - Lowth, G. T. (George T.)
- Date: 1855