Details

Subject(s)

• Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Arabic language—Verb—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. 86L [Browse]

Rare books genre

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

Contains

• Dunquzī, ʻAbd Allāh, active 17th century. Bināʼ al-afʻāl. [Browse]
• دنقزي، عبد الله، active 17th century. بناء الافعال. [Browse]

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• A collection containing works on the conjugation of the verb.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Marginal and interlinear notes. Inscriptions (fol. 1a).
• Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 55 (f. 55 later paper) + i (later paper) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 4-11 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; written in Fārisī and general scripts ; watermarks (fol. 19-31: [crown]-star-crescent) ; MS in fair condition.
• Origin: [Fragmentary work on paradigms] Copy completed 5 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1087 (fol. 31b).
• Incipit: [بناء الافعال] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اعلم ان ابواب التصريف خمسة وثلاثون بابا ستة منها للثلاثى المجرد -- [Fragmentary work] فعل يقعل ضرب يضرب ضربا فهو ضارب وذلك مضروب ... -- [هذا الامثلة المختلفة] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم نصر فعل ماضى مفرد مدكر غائب ...
• Explicit: [بناء الافعال] وقد وفع الفراغ من تحرير هذه الكتاب الشريف علي يد العبد الضعيف الفقير المحتاج الى رحمه الله تعالى محمد بن ولى غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه بحرمة محمد المصطفى وبحرمة جميع الانبيا؟ الخط باقي والعمر فاني -- [Fragmentary work] تمت هذا الكتاب فى اليوم الخامس فى شهر ربيع الاول سنه 1087 -- [هذا الامثلة المختلفة] تمت الكتاب

Binding note

Modern type III (without flap) French binding in light brown leather. Gold-tooled decoration on spine and edges of covers. Blue marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Fārisī

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-16b: [Bināʼ al-afʻāl], by ʻAbd Allāh al-Dunquzī, a compendium on the conjugation of the verb. Probably from the XVIIth century.
• 2. fol. 17a-19a: [Inscriptions] Fragments on verbal paradigms and other inscriptions.
• 3. fol. 19b-31b: [Fragmentary work on Arabic language paradigms].
• 4. fol. 32a: [Inscriptions]
• 5. fol. 32b-53b: Hādha al-Amthilah al-mukhtalifah.
• 6. fol. 54a-54b: [Inscriptions]

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Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2119.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Fragmentary work on Arabic language paradigms.
• Amthilah al-mukhtalifah.
• امثلة المختلة.

OCLC

1340422485

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