Details

Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Grammar—History—15th century—Sources [Browse]
• Arabic language—Grammar—History—16th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Clear copy of a treatise on grammar and Arabic language.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1a.
• Physical description: 11 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. European paper with watermark ; frame-ruled. Marginal annotations on the beginning of the text. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (omits the two first fol.).
• Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Thālith 20". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥ 1236".
• Origin: According to colophon, copied by Aḥmad Jāmī, and completed on 25 Ṣ[afar] [1]255 [May 10, 1839] (fol. 83b, in Persian).
• Incipit: بسم ... الحمد لله المنان على ما علّم من البيان والصلوة والسلام على سيد الانام وعلى اله واصحابه والتابعين بادابه وبعد فهذا ميزان الادب فى لسان العرب يحتوى على امهات المسائل ويهدى الى مهمات الوسائل
• Explicit: نحو انّ الابرار لفى نعيم وان الفجار لفى جحيم وحسن الكلام ان يتبع اللفظ المعنى لا العكس

Provenance

Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Mach, R. Yahuda, 3677
• Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 410 (1/1) ; SII

Other format(s)

Microfilm negative available for reproduction.

OCLC

220934128

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