Author
Rashidī, Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, active 14th century
Author Original
Rashīdī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, active 14th century, رشيدي، عبد الرحمن بن محمد، 14th century
Publication Date
1372
Publication Place
-
23 Jumādá al-Awwal 774 [November 28, 1372]
Subject
Abū al-ʻAbbās al-Baṣīr—Qaṣīdah, Muḥammad Prophet -632—Poetry—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, holographs (autographs), Poetry, Autographs
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
108
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963567653506421
Record ID
xk81jv95d
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 58H
Date
1372-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1128-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1372-1128
Notes
Autograph commentary on an amplification (takhmīs) of the pentastich poem of Abū al-ʻAbbās al-Baṣīr in praise of the Prophet. | Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 108 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Description: Rubicated ; verse separators and other use of red ; some headings and other words overwritten in red ink, possibly at a later time or by a different hand ; MS in poor condition with a number of repairs and some staining., Layout: 17-19 lines per page., Marginal notes and glosses in different hands. On title page is a statement showing the wisdom of the Prophetʼs having been born on a Monday in Rabīʻ [I], a statement that the MS was written by the author himself. On page after colophon are a quotation of verse and prose ascribed to al-Shāfiʻī, another ascribed to Abū Zayd al-Bisṭāmī and eight verses of poetry entitled al-Mukhammas al-Laṭīf., Ms. codex., Origin: According to colophon copied 23 Jumādá al-Awwal 774 by the author (fol. 108b)., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Colophon: وافق الفراغ من تعليقه على يد مؤلفه عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن ابرهيم الرشيدي عفا الله تعالى عنه وعن والديه بمحمد وآله يوم الاحد ثالث عشرين جمادى الاول سنة اربع وسبعين وسبعمائة احسن الله تقصيرنا بخير وعاقبة بلا محنة انه على ما يشاء قدير والحمد لله رب العالمين, Incipit: [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. صلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وسلم. الحمد لله الذي نور بشمس معرفته قلوب اوليايه [اوليائه | Type II binding (with flap) in red leather and marbled paper. | full color copy | Ownership signatures: Ibrāhīm ibn al-Raʼīs Muḥammad al-Zaman dated 1180, Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ ibn Ibrāhīm al-Raʼīs dated 1208 (fol. 1a). Under the colophon on the same page are two autographs of owners, one an Imām of a Madrasah. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 90.