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Great Mosque Of Béjaïa
The Great Mosque of Bejaia () or Al-Mansuriyah Mosque () was a major historical mosque in Béjaïa, Algeria. It was built during the Hammadid Emirate around the year 1100, under the reign of Al-Mansur ibn al-Nasir. The mosque was destroyed by the Spanish Empire, Spanish after they Capture of Béjaïa (1510), took the city in 1510. Background Nothing remains of the Hammadid mosques in Béjaïa, including the Great Mosque, the Mosque of Rehane, and the Mosque of Natain (). However, Féraud's book about Béjaïa provides a detailed description of the Great Mosque. as well as in a book by Commander de Beylié. These sources mention that a calligrapher from Béjaïa named Al-Bajawi transferred a 12th-century manuscript in 1866. According to this manuscript, Prince Al-Mansur Al-Hamadi completed the construction of the Pearl Palace in 1100/484 and converted it into a mosque. He then placed two Monolithic columns within the palace, which were discovered inside an ancient, damaged Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuscript
A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has come to be understood to further include ''any'' written, typed, or word-processed copy of an author's work, as distinguished from the rendition as a printed version of the same. Before the arrival of prints, all documents and books were manuscripts. Manuscripts are not defined by their contents, which may combine writing with mathematical calculations, maps, music notation, explanatory figures, or illustrations. Terminology The word "manuscript" derives from the (from , hand and from , to write), and is first recorded in English in 1597. An earlier term in English that shares the meaning of a handwritten document is "hand-writ" (or "handwrit"), which is first attested around 1175 and is now rarely used. The study of the writing ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
