Details

Subject(s)

• Hadith—Poetry [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 99H [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

An ode on the decline of the study of tradition.

Notes

• Collation: Paper ; fol. 2 + (2) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Description: Overlining in red ; watermarks ("FF. PAL" and three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
• Layout: 18-25 lines per page with separation between hemistitches ; ruled.
• Ms. codex.
• Title from heading (fol. 1a).
• Ending: قاموا بجد لردع الناکصين على * اعقابهم وبسيف الله تحميه
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم. اما بعد

Binding note

Covered in violet paper with printed paper pastedowns.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Fārisī.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 153.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1287950697

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