Kitāb al-Barq al-wāmiḍ fī sharḥ Yāʼīyah Ibn al-Fāriḍ - Suyūṭī, 1445-1505; Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961; Princeton University. Library (1692)
Commentary on a poem in Yāʼ by Ibn al-Fāriḍ.
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a). The same title appears in the preamble of the text (fol. 1b, l. 15-16).
Pen exercice on fol. 36b. Inscription in pencil using Western numerals on the pastedown of the upper cover, reading: "1129" (see Houtsma, M. Th. Catalogue, no. 36).
Collation: Paper, fol. ii, 36 ; ii + (modern fly-leaves) 1⁸ (+1, fol. 9) 2-3¹⁰ 4⁸ (-1, after fol. 36) + ii (modern fly-leaves) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic numerals in the form "Kāf 2" (see fol. 10a).
Layout: 19-22 lines per page.
Description: Written in thick medium large script in black ink with use of red ; watermarks ; water damage (apparently with no loss of text).
Keywords: Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, -- 1181 or 1182-1235. -- Criticism, Textual; Manuscripts, Arabic -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Manuscripts, Arabic; New Jersey -- Princeton; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Watermarks