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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
Author	Cairo
Publication Date:	1472-1473 (Dahha)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	436 mm x 319 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Ar 4169
Library Location	Arabic collection
Date	1472-1473 (Dahha)
Notes	al-Kawākib al-durriyya and madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī. Al-Būṣīrī’s poetry in praise of the Prophet was widely admired in Mamluk society. This manuscript was made for Yashbak min Mahdi, who held the office of grand secretary (Dawādār Kabīr) to Sultan Qaytbay (r. 1468-1496). Codex, ink, colors 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). madḥ khayr al-bariyya), also known as the Poem of the Cloak or Mantle Ode (Qaṣīdat al-Burda) by Sharaf al-Dīn Muhammad 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 Naṣir al-Dīn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Samad al-Makkī al-Fayyūmī, produced for Amir Yashbak min Mahdī (Dawādār Kabīr to Mamluk Sultan Qaytbay, r.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Naskh 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

Author Cairo

Publication Date 1472-1473 (Dahha)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 436 mm x 319 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Ar 4169

Library Location Arabic collection

Date 1472-1473 (Dahha)

Notes al-Kawākib al-durriyya and madḥ khayr al-bariyya, by al-Būṣīrī (d. 1294), combined with Takhmīs al-Burda, by al-Fayyūmī. Al-Būṣīrī’s poetry in praise of the Prophet was widely admired in Mamluk society. This manuscript was made for Yashbak min Mahdi, who held the office of grand secretary (Dawādār Kabīr) to Sultan Qaytbay (r. 1468-1496). Codex, ink, colors 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). madḥ khayr al-bariyya), also known as the Poem of the Cloak or Mantle Ode (Qaṣīdat al-Burda) by Sharaf al-Dīn Muhammad 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 Naṣir al-Dīn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Samad al-Makkī al-Fayyūmī, produced for Amir Yashbak min Mahdī (Dawādār Kabīr to Mamluk Sultan Qaytbay, r.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Naskh script, Thuluth script