Details

Subject(s)

• Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar 1175-1249—Shāfiyah [Browse]
• Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Summary note

An apparently unique commentary on the linguistic work known as al-Shāfīyah by ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar ibn al-Ḥājib.

Notes

• Leaves 215a and 216a blank.
• Text begins on f. 1b.
• Ms. in naskh script on glazed paper. 21.1 x 16.9 cm. Catchwords; text partially vocalized. Subject text overlined in red ink. Extensive marginal and interlinear notations, virtually all in the same hand. Separate sheets bearing further notation occasionally interleaved or tipped into text.
• Paper is glazed laid stock, apparently from several different sources. Numerous paper repairs to hinges and edges. Extensive soiling, expecially in margins. Some stains. Edges frayed and brittle; some minor tears. Leaves bear one of three different watermarks: a shield with diagonal band; a spade or heart-shaped device; a set of six or seven block letters in Latin alphabet.
• Binding is leather over pasteboard, wallet style. Spine is plain. Covers framed by two sets of blind stamped multiple fillets with a fillet cross dividing the cover into four squares. Corner angles have blind stamped bull's eye devices. Fore edge of envelope flap has fillet border. Envelope flap is framed by two sets of fillets with another bisecting the surface. Corner angles have bull's eyes. Severely worm damaged and heavily repaired with leather.

Provenance

Purchased from Thomas Hayes 317 W. 95th St. N.Y., N.Y. March 20, 1990.

Other title(s)

• Wāfiyah fī sharḥ Shāfīyah
• وافية في شرح شافية

OCLC

430971996

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