[Collection of Arabic poems and miscellany]

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[between 1775 and 1804]
Description
188 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 227 x 92-110 (190-200 x 90-95) mm bound to 223 x 110 mm.

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    Summary note
    A collection of poems, stories, anecdotes, historical material, correspondence and charms by various authors. The volume also contains al-Maqāmah al-manẓarīyah wa-al-fākihah al-khabarīyah wa-al-ḥadīqah al-ʻanbarīyah and a chart listing the dates of the deaths of the Rāshidite caliphs and the ʻAlīd Imāms (fol.128a-130a).
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title supplied by cataloger.
    • MS is a collection of several books. Diagrams on folios 174a-b.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 188 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 18-26 lines per page ; separation between hemistitches ; text runs parallel to back cover.
    • Description: Partially rubricated ; hemistitch and line demarcations in red ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
    • Incipit: ... للوالد شرف الدين بن الحسين بن علي بن المتوکل
    • Ending: يا ليتني کنت لعمر مصحفًا * يقرأ مني کل يوم احرفا
    Binding note
    Contemporaneous? binding in oblong or safīnah format in golden brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants with decorative border. Yellow paper pastedowns. Endbands.
    Provenance
    Ownership signature dated 1219 (fol. 1a) Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 172.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    Other title(s)
    • مجموعة اشعار
    • Maqāmah al-manẓarīyah wa-al-fākihah al-khabarīyah wa-al-ḥadīqah al-ʻanbarīyah.
    • مقامة المنظرية والفاكهة الخبرية والحديقة العنبرية.
    Title from Hitti, P. Garrett Coll
    • Majmūʻat ashʻār
    OCLC
    1350542097
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