كتاب مثير الغرام الى زيارة القدس والشام.

Kitāb Muthīr al-gharām ilá ziyārat al-Quds wa-al-Shām.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Description
40 leaves : paper ; 304 x 195 (223 x 107) mm bound to 304 x 202 mm.

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Rare books genre
Summary note
A book of travel and description in two parts. The first takes up distinguishing features of Syria, while the second is mainly devoted to the description of the Aqṣá Mosque in Jerusalem.
Notes
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title from title page (fol. 1a).
  • The author finished his work on Wednesday, Shaʻbān 13, 752/Oct. 6th, 1351.
  • Collation: Paper ; fol. 40 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
  • Layout: 28-32 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
  • Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (grapes with crown) ; MS in good condition; leaf 40 repaired.
  • Colophon: وافق الفراغ منه يوم الاربعاء الثالث عشر شعبان سنة 752 ببيت المقدس ومصنفه الامام ابو محمود محمد بن احمد بن الحافظ بهاء الدين القاسم رحمه الله تعالى. وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم والحمد لله رب العالمين. م
  • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الذي زاد المسجد الاقصى شرفًا بالاسرا اليه بخير النشر وجعله تاني مسجد اوضع على وجه الارض ...
Binding note
Later? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla on covers with similar decoration on flap. Red paper pastedowns with gilt block-pressed design.
Provenance
Ownership signature and seal impression on title page (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
  • Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 590.
  • Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 379.
  • Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6095/6.
  • Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 1715.
  • Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 1667, 1668¹, 1669.
  • Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, p. 125.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
1340420415
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