Details

Subject(s)

• Arabia, Southern—History—Poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Ḥimyar (Yemen)—Kings and rulers—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. 26H [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Gold tooled bindings [Browse]
• Blind tooled bindings [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• illuminated manuscripts [Browse]

Summary note

A eulogy singing of the might and grandeur of monarchs who ruled over Ḥimyar. A copious historical commentary is appended.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Marginal notes. Folios number 72 and 108 by a different hand. Only 123 verses of the ode are in MS. It is of value only as a comparatively unfalsified record of royal names.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 108 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 13-26 lines per page.
• Description: Red, yellow, green and black ink ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in fair condition.
• Decoration: Illuminated title page in red, yellow, and black (fol. 1a).
• Origin: According to colophon copy completed 16 Jumādā [?] 1194 by Saʻīd Ṣubḥ Allāh (fol. 108b).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الامر جدًا وهو غير مزاح فانظر لنفسك صالحا باصاح ...
• Colophon: تمت القصيدة النشوانية [و] شرحها. رحم الله ناضمها [ناظمها] وشارحها والناظر فيها وجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات ووالدينا واخواننا ومشايخنا في الدين. وکان الفراغ من نسخها وقت اذان العشاء في الليلة المعبر عنها صبح الاثنين بعد 16 شهر جمادا د[؟] سنة 1194 بقلم افقر عباد الله سعيد صبح الله

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Gold?-stamped mandorla with pendants on upper cover; blind-stamped and -tooled decorative edging on lower cover. Blind-stamped design on flap. Paper pastedown with block-stamped silver design inside upper cover. Apparently pieces re-used from three different bindings.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 585.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 9737.
• Rieu, Supplement of the catalogue of the Arabic Mss, 584.
• Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 670.
• Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, IV, p. 311.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Dhikr mulūk Ḥimyar
• ذکر ملوك حمير

OCLC

1340423670

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