Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Egypt—Description and travel—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Nile River—Description and travel—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Nile River—History—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Rawdah Island (Egypt)—History—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 185H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Headbands [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

Acephalous copy of a popular history of Egypt, dependent mostly on al-Khiṭaṭ of al-Maqrīzī 766-845 [1364/5-1442]. A large part is devoted to a description of the topography of the country and of the Nile.

Notes

• A few marginal notes. In a statement before the colophon the author acknowledges his dependence on al-Maqrīzī.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 186 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks ; MS in fair condition.
• Layout: 21-24 lines per page.
• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Colophon: وجلعته مختصرا مفيدا والله الموفق للصواب واليه المرجع والمآب والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على من لا نبي بعده اي سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم تسليما کثيرا. ولا حولا [حول] ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم
• Incipit: وخمسمائة وسمع من ابي الفضل مکرم بن محمد

Binding note

Quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and tan paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 617.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

تاريخ نيل مصر والروضة

Known in the Hitti catalogue by description from fol. 186a

• Tārīkh Nīl Miṣr wa-al-Rawḍah

OCLC

1292558451

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