Yazar
Cairo
Basım Tarihi
1472-1473 (877H)
Tür
Belge
Dil
Arapça
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar
436 mm x 319 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)
Kütüphane
Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası
Ar 4169
Lokasyon
Arabic collection
Tarih
1472-1473 (877H)
Notlar
al-Kawākib al-durriyya fī madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī. Al-Būṣīrī’s poem in praise of the Prophet was widely admired in Mamluk society. This manuscript was made for Yashbak min Mahdī, who held the office of grand secretary (Dawādār Kabīr) to Sultan Qaytbay (r. 1468-1496). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, leather binding, 29 folios, Arabic text in naskh and thuluth scripts, with illuminated title page (sarlawh, shamsa, fol. 1r) and colophon (shamsa, fol. 29r), Pearly Stars in Praise of the Finest of Creation (al-Kawākib al-durriyya fī madḥ khayr al-bariyya), also known as the Poem of the Cloak or Mantle Ode (Qaṣīdat al-Burda) by Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Būṣīrī al-Ṣanhājī (Imam al-Būṣīrī, d. 1294-7), poem in praise of the Prophet, combined with the Amplification (Takhmīs al-Burda, explanatory text) by Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn `Abd al-Samad al-Makkī al-Fayyūmī, produced for Amir Yashbak min Mahdī (Dawādār Kabīr to Mamluk sultan Qaytbay, r. 1468-1496), signed by `Abdullāh al-Shirvānī, Cairo, Egypt, dated 877H, 1472-1473.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Naskh script, Thuluth script
