Author
Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 261H
Publication Date
1283
Publication Place
-
27 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1283 [August 9, 1866?]
Subject
Mutanabbī, Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn 915 or 916-965, Poets, Arab—Biography, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
63
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963573333506421
Record ID
dc0c483w09s
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 261H
Date
01-01-1866 T00:00:00 AH/809-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1866-809
Notes
A brief biography of the famous poet Abū al-Ṭayyib al-Mutanabbī, being an abridgment of al-Subḥ al-munabbī ʻan ḥaythīyāt al-Mutanabbī by Yūsuf al-Badīʻī al-Dimashqī. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., A few marginal notes., Collation: Paper ; fol. i +63 + i ; catchwords; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 20-23 lines per page ; ruled., Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition., Origin: According to colophon copied Friday 27 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1283 by Muḥammad ibn Wafā (fol. 62b)., Colophon: This copy was completed on the morning of the blessed Friday, the twenty-ninth of the month of Rabi’ al-Awwal of the months of the year two hundred and eighty-three of the Hijra, may God bless him and grant him peace, at the hands of It was written by the poor Muhammad bin Wafa Al-Shafi’i, may God forgive him, his parents, and the Muslim men and women, living and dead, Amen. Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Glory be to Him who has beautified the gardens of virtues with the blossom of good manners and the excellence of some of His servants... And then this is a nice summary of the news of Abu Al-Tayyib Al-Mutanabbi... | Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and yellow paper with blue and red design. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 720.