Author
Maḥmūd bin Nāṣir, active 1665, former owner., Zāwiyah al-Nāṣiriyah, former owner., Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania), Mahmud bin Nasser, active 1665,, former owner.
Author Original
محمود بن ناصر، ،
Publication Date
1320
Subject
Riddles, Arabic., Riddles, Arabic--Early works to 1800., Arabic poetry--622-750., Arabic poetry.
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
93 leaves : paper ; 280 x 180 (196 x 115) mm bound to 280 x 184 mm
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
806088024
Record ID
9958092633503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1320
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from title page (f. 3r)., Collation: Paper, 93; 1¹⁴ 2⁶ 3¹⁴ 4⁶ 5¹⁴ 6⁶ 7¹⁴ 8⁶ 9¹⁴( -1); [1-93], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto., Layout: Written in up to 29 long lines. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, with headings in thuluth., Decoration: Rubrications in red; puzzles in decorative layouts added in ink on front flyleaf by a later hand (f. 1r)., Binding: Light brown leather, blind-stamped with central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis, rebacked., Origin: Likely copied in Egypt, dated A.H. 17 Rajab 720 (August 1320 CE) (f. 92v and inscription on title page, f. 3r)., Notations on front flyleaf, including an owner's note? dated 994 A.H. (1586 CE). | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | Formerly owned by Sayyid Maḥmūd bin Nāṣir (inscription in Maghribī hand recording purchase in Egypt in A.H. 1076 (1665-1666), f. 3r., Formerly in the library of the al-Zāwiyah al-Nāṣiriyah at Tamegroute, Morocco, founded by the Bin Nāṣir family in the 17th century (stamped seals, f. 2r, 3r)., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Jul. 2007., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.
Sample Text
Compilation of riddles drawn from early Islamic and pre-Islamic poetry, arranged in alphabetical order by their answers.
Atıf Şekli
Oversize UPenn LJS 486.
Tür
Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval., codices (bound manuscripts), riddles (documents), Annotations (Provenance), Stamps (Provenance)
