Università di Torino

Transcription of a zaǧal

Object identifier ARC_469
Type Item
Date
ante 1909

Titles

Title
Das Reise nach Stanbul
Type
formal title
Title
Transcription of a zaǧal
Type
supplied title

Description

Modern manuscript copy of the Arabic text of a zaǧal concerning the journey to Istanbul of the shadow player, Dā’ūd al-Manāwī, copied from the old manuscript held by Paul Kahle. The Arabic text is written on the left side, and Kahle transcribed it on the right side. Kahle published the Arabic text and the translation into German in his Zur Geschichte des arabischen Schattentheaters in Egypten.

Publication notes

Publication notes
Paul Kahle, Zur Geschichte des arabischen Schattentheaters in Egypten (I: Neuarabische Volksdichtung aus Egypten), R. Haupt: Leipzig 1909, pp. 22-36 (translation into German), pp. 37-49 (Arabic text).

Languages

Arabic

German

Medium

paper

Archivistic typology and Extent

Extent
14
Archivistic typology
leaf/leaves

Dimensions in mm

Height
210
Width
167