Details

Subject(s)

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

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 601H [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

An ode rhyming in rāʼ in 297 verses on determining the number of verses in the Koran.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• A few glosses. On the title page is a list of abbreviations in the work.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 11 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 17 lines per page ; ruled.
• Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; full vowel signs ; watermarks (circular design, possibly anchor?) ; MS in good condition.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وهو حسنى بدأت بحمد الله ناظمة الزهر لتجنى بحمد الله عينا من الزهر
• Colophon: وتمت بحمد الله حسنى مفيدة * فلله رب العرش حمدي مع شکري * وابياتهها تسعون مع ماتين قل * وزد سبعة تحکي اللجين مع الدر * واهدي صلاة الله ثم سلامه * على المصطفى والآل مع صحبه الغر * والاشياع اهل العلم والزهد والتقى * مع الحلم والاحسان والعفو والصبر

Binding note

Unbound.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1195.
• Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 291.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340424549

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