Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2023 May 2

= May 2 =

Where is "Yew Court" in Trinity College, Cambridge?
http://gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-private-dining-room-at-yew-court-trinity-college-news-photo/462700316 , http://gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-interior-of-prince-charles-room-at-yew-court-trinity-news-photo/462700372 and http://dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-12027449/Photo-taken-King-Charles-University-Cambridge-1967-released-time.html have photographs captioned "Yew Court" at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Trinity College, Cambridge does not list a "Yew Court". Is it a misspelling of "New Court", and if not, should it be added to the article? Thanks, cm&#610;&#671;ee&#9094;&#964;a&#671;&#954; 06:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Prince Charles stayed in the New Court. DuncanHill (talk) 06:49, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * My guess it that it was a typo on the source material, that has been carried through on those few pictures. There's no reference to Yew Court anywhere in any information on Cambridge, excepting that specific yew trees are occasionally mentioned.  I'm pretty certain, as with the above speculation, that this is supposed to be New Court.  Someone mislabeled (or wrote with sloppy handwriting) back in the 1960s, and those mistakes were carried through.  -- Jayron 32 18:20, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your explanations, @DuncanHill and @Jayron32. Cheers, cm&#610;&#671;ee&#9094;&#964;a&#671;&#954; 01:56, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

A book called 'Seera'
According to our article on Joseph Wolff he wrote that the Arabs of Yemen are in possession of a book called 'Seera,' which gives notice of the coming of Christ and His reign in glory, and they expect great events to take place in the year 1840. Do we know anything more about the book called Seera? Thank you, DuncanHill (talk) 15:16, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * We have an article on prophetic biography which tells us that Sīrah is the generic name for such biographies of the Prophet Muhammad. Wolff has perhaps abbreviated the title of this particular example too much to make it easy to identify. --Antiquary (talk) 15:38, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Having now had the opportunity of reading the source given in our article, Wolff specifically says it is the Arabs of Hodeyda, and he says the information came from "Muhamed Johar, late Governor of Hodeydah, a gentleman very learned in the Arabic literature". Perhaps this further detail will help someone narrow things down. DuncanHill (talk) 16:03, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * More context (but still not the book name, sorry) in Chapter 3 of The Jews of Yemen in the Nineteenth Century: A Portrait of a Messianic Community By B. Z. Eraqi Klorman. Mostly about a Faqih Sa'id who claimed to fulfil this prophecy - unfortunately such a common name is also hard to search. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 17:15, 3 May 2023 (UTC)