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The book "Al-Majdi fi Ansab al-Talibiyyin" was an important work on the subject of the Islamic genealogy dates back to the fifth century AH—11th century AD/CE, in which the author discusses the genealogies of the descendants of the Alawites and Talebites, especially the genealogy of the first Shia Imam, Ali, and his descendants.
Born January 13, 1681, in Dublin, Ireland, Isaac Sharp was the eldest surviving son of Quaker Anthony Sharp and Ann Crabb. [1] As part of the Quaker settlement of his father's extensive land holdings in New Jersey, Isaac Sharp left Ireland in November 1700, [2] and after an arduous eighteen-week journey, arrived in Colonial America on April 6, 1701.
The Sharp Family is a group portrait painting by the German-British artist Johann Zoffany. [1] Painted between 1779 and 1781, it portrays the English abolitionist and musician Granville Sharp and his extended family. [2] The Sharp family are depicted on their barge on the River Thames, where they routinely staged
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The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible). Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text: apokalypsis, meaning 'unveiling' or 'revelation'. The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic book in the New Testament canon.
On Folio 27v of the Bamberg Apocalypse is the first full depiction of Revelation 11 with a narrative divided into three key scenes. The figures on the top preach as the beast attacks two witness that then get resurrected on the bottom right register. The Bamberg Apocalyse is the only extant illustrated Ottonian Apocalypse manuscript. [3]
The Crawford Aramaic New Testament manuscript is a 12th-century Aramaic manuscript containing 27 books of the New Testament.This manuscript is notable because its final book, the Book of Revelation, is the sole surviving manuscript of any Aramaic (Syriac) version of the otherwise missing Book of Revelation from the Peshitta Syriac New Testament.
Genealogy has been a fundamental part of Irish culture since prehistory. Of the many surviving manuscripts, a large number are devoted to genealogy, either for a single family, or many. It was practised in both Gaelic and Anglo-Norman Ireland. A number of the more notable books include: Leabhar na nGenealach (The Great Book of Irish Genealogies)