Details

Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Lexicology—Poetry—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. 289H [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• poetry [Browse]

Contains

• Bahnasī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn al-Ḥasan, -1286 or 1287. Naẓm Muthallath Quṭrub. [Browse]
• بهنسي، عبد الوهاب بن الحسن، 1286 or 1287. نظم مثلث قطرب. [Browse]
• Quṭrub, Muḥammad ibn al-Mustanīr, -821 or 822. Muthallath. [Browse]
• قطرب، محمد بن المستنير، -821 or 822. مثلث. [Browse]
• Azʹharī, Ibrāhīm ibn Shams al-Dīn. Naẓm Muthallathāt Quṭrub. [Browse]
• ازهري، ابراهيم بن شمس الدين. نظم مثلثات قطرب. [Browse]

Summary note

An ode on the meaning of words of the same letters but with different vowel signs on the first syllable.

Notes

• Alongside the ode of al-Dīrīnī the margin contains, near the edge of the folios, the ternaries of Quṭrub, 206 [821/2] as versified by al-Bahnasī, 685 [1286/7] and, toward the edge of the writing, the same ternaries as versified by Burhān al-Dīn al-Azharī. On the inside of both covers are some stray inscriptions.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 4 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Description: Watermarks (shield) ; MS in good condition.
• Layout: 19-21 lines per page.
• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Ending: اذا اتحفت يوما بالوصال * تبدل کل ذاك العسر يسرا. تمت
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله. اراعي النبت من اب وحب

Binding note

Later? type III (without flap) binding in dark blue paper.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Bibliography of al-Bahnasiʼs: Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 7074.
• Bibliography of al-Dīrīniʼs ode: Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 7081/2.
• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 272.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1298250610

Statement on responsible collection description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...