Author
Ibn Jābir, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1298 or 1299-1378 or 1379
Author Original
Ibn Jābir, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1298 or 1299-1378 or 1379, ابن جابر، محمد بن احمد، 1298 or 1299-1378 or 1379
Publication Date
1234
Publication Place
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6 Jumada I 1234 [March 3, 1819]
Subject
Arabic language—Lexicology—Poetry—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, poetry, Poetry, Blind tooled bindings, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963569163506421
Record ID
dcbv73c969z
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 291H
Date
01-01-1819 T00:00:00 G/303-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1819-303
Notes
A versification of al-Faṣīḥ. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., A few marginal notes and glosses. On the top edge is the title Alfīyah fī al-afʻāl. In the original colophon the author states that he completed his work in Bīrah, 747 [1346]., Collation: Paper ; fol. 95 + (1); catchwords; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 19 lines per page; frame-ruled in red., Description: Vowel signs; watermarks; MS in very good condition, first few folios slightly stained and darkened., Origin: According to colophon copied Wednesday 6 Jumādá I 1234 by Ḥasan al-Burdī (fol. 45b)., Incipit: May God make it easy, O Generous One, for the sake of Your Generous Prophet. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and in Him I have my trust. Praise be to God for what He has bestowed, Colophon: It was completed at the hands of the poorest of God’s servants, Al-Samad, who confesses negligence, Hasan Al-Bardi, on the blessed Wednesday of the six of inanimate objects, the first of the year 1234, thirty-four, eight-hundred and one-hundred Hijra. May God forgive him his sins and cover in both worlds his faults, his sheikhs, his parents, and the Muslims, and may God’s blessings be upon our master. Muhammad and his family and companions and peace be upon him Type II (with flap) binding in red leather blue paper. Blind tooled edging. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 250., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 112, IV pp. 445/6., Catalog of Arabic texts from the Bibliothèque Nationale, 4452⁶., Brockelmann, GAL, II, p. 13., Catalog of Arabic texts from the Bibliothèque Nationale, 4452⁶., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), III, p. 112, IV pp. 445/6.