[Collection of Arabic poems]

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[not before 1700]
Description
77 leaves : paper ; 195 x 127 (170 x 105-110) mm bound to 195 x 130 mm.

Details

Subject(s)
Donor
Author
Rare books genre
Summary note
A collection of poems, poetical meters, musical measures and popular songs by various authors. The collection contains poems by ʻAbd Allāh al-Shabrāwī, al-Maqqarī, Ibn Quzmān, Shams al-Dīn Fatḥ Allāh al-Farghalī, and others.
Notes
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 77 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
  • Layout: 21-32 lines per page ; separation between hemistitches ; text runs parallel with back cover.
  • Description: Rubricated ; line demarcations in red ; watermarks (shield with stars; crown; other unidenfitied) ; MS in good condition.
  • Incipit: هذه موازين زجل يحتاج اليها من يعانيه. ميزان لابن قزمان. بكاني بشاطي النهر نوح الحمام * علي غصن في بستان قريب الصباح ...
  • Colophon: تمت کما في تزيين الاسواق المذکور
Binding note
Contemporaneous? binding in oblong or safīnah format in red leather. Blind-tooled edging. Paper pastedowns with colored floral image.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 169.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
Other title(s)
مجموعة اشعار
Title from HItti, P. Garrett Coll
  • Majmūʻat ashʻār
OCLC
1350542123
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