دراسة أثرية فنية لمخطوط "التحفة المرضية في الدولة البكداشية في بلاد الجزائر المحمية" لمؤلفه أبي عبد الله محمد بن ميمون الزواوي الجزائري

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is one of the precious rarities that are preserved in the Algerian National Library, under the inventory number 1625.

It is, then, an essential source for researchers in several domains of the manuscript, for it covers two prominent values: a scientific one tackled in biographies, translations, history, archaeology and literature, in addition to an artistic value that is apparent in the artistic images of the manuscript's form.

However, researchers were not attracted by studying the material side of the manuscript as an artistic antique piece that contributes in showing several codicological aspects that play a role in making it a special masterpiece that attracts many scholars to consider the beauty of its components.

For instance: Arabic calligraphy, art of illumination and ornament, similar to the footnote marks, basmala frames, prologue, and punctuation.

All these elements offer new artistic enrichments in books art, in addition to the precious information that the manuscript holds.

This study also shows the emergence of some eastern influences on calligraphy in the illumination passage and by the end of the manuscript, as well as the maqamat headings, retouch and decoration of some pages with suns and circles of different colors, footnote marks and the use of Maghrebian calligraphy in writing the manuscript in orderly lines.

Hence, we will tackle, in this article, the most important artistic images presented in the manuscript.