Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic poetry, Arabic—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1168H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Headbands [Browse]
• Watermarks [Browse]

Summary note

A collection of poems by different authors in adoration of God and praise of the Prophet, and on wisdom and love.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Marginal notes. Fawāʼid in the form of notes, traditions and obituary notices scattered throughout the manuscript.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 65 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 15-19 lines per page.
• Description: Watermarks (coat-of-arms with a crown, roman-alphabet lettering "Ghigliotto"?) ; MS in fair condition.
• Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.
• Incipit: هذا کتاب مشتمل على بعض اشعار. اشاراتنا في الحب غمز عيوننا * وکل لبيب بالاشارة يفهم
• Ending: ما لي سوى انني ارجو الاله لما * همني فهو زادي يوم ميعادي

Binding note

Contemporaneous? half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper. Paper pastedowns with blue painted patterns. Multi-colored endbands. Edges of text block tinted red.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 174.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1419994031

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