Author
Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, 1181 or 1182-1235
Author Original
Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, 1181 or 1182-1235, ابن الفارض، عمر بن علي
Publication Date
1727
Publication Place
-
[1727]
Subject
Arabic poetry—12th century, Arabic poetry—13th century, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, headpieces (layout features), illuminated manuscripts, Autographs, Blind tooled bindings
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
86
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9954959353506421
Record ID
n8710137z
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 33H
Date
1727-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1727
Notes
Collection of poems by Ibn al-Fāriḍ. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 2a)., Collation: Paper ; (1) + 85 ; catchwords ; collational note on fol. 1a ; foliation in pencil using Western numerals (omits the first fol.), Layout: 17 lines per page; frame-ruled within a double fillet in red., Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; watermarks ; MS in fair condition except some folios are worm-eaten and some are stained with water., Decoration: Painted headpiece on fol. 2b, executed in ocre, turquoise, orange, and red., Origin: According to colophon, copied by Aḥmad Barakāt al-Fayyūmī al-Mālikī al-Aḥmadī, from Sunday 5 ("khams maḍat") Ṣafar 1140 [Sept. 1727] to Friday 17 ("sābiʻ ʻashar maḍat") Ṣafar 1140 [Oct. 1727] (fol. 85a, followed by two verses of poetry and a prayer)., Incipit: بسم ... وبه ثقتي وتوكلي الحمد لله الذي اختص حبيبه الاسنى بمقام قاب قوسين او ادنى ... قال العبد الفقير المعترف بذنبه ... علي سبط الشيخ ابن الفارض الراجى كرم ربه الفايض ... نظرت فى نسخ من ديوان شيخنا قدس الله سره وشرح صدره ... فرايت انهم قد جهلوا بعض كلامه., Explicit: سلامي على الدنيا اذا لم يكن بها صديقا صدوق صلرق العهد والوفا تمت كتابة هذه النسخة بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه. | Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped with a central scalloped mandorla filled with a floral pattern, and an outer border consisting of fillets and a guilloche on covers. Similar border on the envelope flap, with a smaller stamp on its pointe. Paper pastedowns, loose quires. Wear. | Two ownership statements on fol. 1a, in the name of Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Shams al-Ḥanafī al-Rūmī, dated 1219 H., and of Ḥasan Qiyam Zādah, dated 1231 H. Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 46