Author
Barallusī, Aḥmad
Author Original
Barallusī, Aḥmad, برلسي، احمد
Publication Date
1292
Publication Place
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15 Muḥarram 1292 [February 21, 1875]
Subject
Arabic language—Versification, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, headpieces (layout features)
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
57
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963571493506421
Record ID
dczc77t1603
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 409H
Date
01-01-1875 T00:00:00Z/221-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1875-221
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. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes., Collection: Paper ; fol. 57 + i; catchwords; every tenth folio foliated using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red., Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition., Decoration: Simple headpiece consisting of lines of varying thickness in red ink., Origin: According to colophon copied 15 Muḥarram 1292 by Muḥammad Rashwān ibn Muḥammad Amīn (fol. 57b)., Incipit: In the name of God... Praise be to God, the Most Gracious, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the Most Accepting, Colophon: This kind message has been transmitted Without example, containing everything needed by the beginner and the finisher in the Seven Literary Arts at the hands of the creation most in need of God, Muhammad Rashwan, son of Muhammad Amin, on Muharram 15, 1292. Oh God, forgive him, his parents, and the Muslims | Contemporaneous type II (with flap) binding in red leather and brown marbled paper. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 513., Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, IV, p. 284., Pertsch, Die orientalischen handsschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 376¹.