Author
Barallusī, Aḥmad
Author Original
Barallusī, Aḥmad, برلسي، احمد
Publication Date
1292
Publication Place
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15 Rabīʻ II 1292 [May 21, 1875]
Subject
Arabic language—Versification, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, diagrams, tables (documents), Watermarks (Paper)
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
67
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963571503506421
Record ID
dc3484zt38z
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 410H
Date
01-01-1875 T00:00:00 AH/521-12-31 TAA:KHZ:KHZZ — 1875-521
Notes
A treatise on the seven forms of poetry, namely: (1) al-shiʻr, (2) al-tawshīḥ, (3) al-dūbayt, (4) al-zajal, (5) kān wa-kān, (6) al-qawmah and (7) al-mawālī. Contains tables. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., A few marginal notes. Colophon is followed by two folios with lines of poetry and poetic diagrams., Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 67 ; catchwords; Requires signed: 2-7 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 21 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; verse separators and tables in red; watermarks (shield with a face-in-the-moon, roman-alphabet letters "AG" and "Andrea Galvani, Pordenone"); MS in good condition., Origin: According to colophon copied 15 Rabīʻ II 1292 (fol. 65b)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God, the Most Gracious, the Bestower, the Most Forbearing, the Most Merciful, who made minds the standards of the first to the hearts... Now, O you who look at this book, may God guide us and you to the right path. Know that God, Glory be to Him, has made masters for every art. Colophon: With the help of God Almighty, and praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, it was written in writing on the fifteenth of the second quarter of the year 1292 AD | Contemporaneous type II (with flap) binding in red leather and red, brown and blue marbled paper. Not currently sewn. Upper cover loose. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 514.