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al-Kawākib al-durriyya and madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī

Title	al-Kawākib al-durriyya and madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī
Publication Date:	c. 1350
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	354 mm x 283 mm x 14 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Ar 4177
Library Location	Arabic collection
Date	c. 1350
Notes	al-Kawākib al-durriyya fī madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī. The Poem of the Cloak (Qaṣīdat al-Burda) was composed by the Mamluk poet al-Būṣīrī in honour of the Prophet. Later, other poets wrote new lines which rhymed with the original verses, and amplified their meaning. The large calligraphy here is al-Būṣīrī’s poem, and the smaller red and black text is the second poet’s composition. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 29 folios, leather bookbinding, Arabic text in naskh and thuluth scripts, with illuminated double page with titles (double frontispiece with 12-sided star polygon on each side, fols. 1v-2r), 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, unsigned, possibly Damascus, Syria, undated, c. 1350.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script, Muhaqqaq script, Thuluth script

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al-Kawākib al-durriyya and madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī

Publication Date c. 1350

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 354 mm x 283 mm x 14 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Ar 4177

Library Location Arabic collection

Date c. 1350

Notes al-Kawākib al-durriyya fī madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī. The Poem of the Cloak (Qaṣīdat al-Burda) was composed by the Mamluk poet al-Būṣīrī in honour of the Prophet. Later, other poets wrote new lines which rhymed with the original verses, and amplified their meaning. The large calligraphy here is al-Būṣīrī’s poem, and the smaller red and black text is the second poet’s composition. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 29 folios, leather bookbinding, Arabic text in naskh and thuluth scripts, with illuminated double page with titles (double frontispiece with 12-sided star polygon on each side, fols. 1v-2r), 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, unsigned, possibly Damascus, Syria, undated, c. 1350.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Naskh script, Muhaqqaq script, Thuluth script