Author Original
Ṭalāʼiʻ, Salmān., copyist.
Jewett, George Frederick, 1896-1956, former owner.
طلائع، سلمان., copyist.
Publication Place
No place, unknown, or undetermined -
Subject
Arabic poetry--19th century
Islamic ethics
Islamic philosophy
Islam--Doctrines
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 v (190 leaves) ; 8 x 12 cm.
Library
Harvard University | CURIOSity Collections
Record ID
990107333800203941
Library Location
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Date
1821
Notes
Title from colophon.
وجشمه اول درجة سليم الجسم هو أن الإنسان يستعمل جوارحه السبعة فيما خلقها الله له وهي اللسان والعين والأذن واليد والرجل... :Incipit
تمت هذه السفينة المباركة نهار الخميس المبارك في شهر صفر الذي هو من شهور سنة الف ومايتين وسبعة وثلثين... :Colophon
Author unidentified [the language has egyptian mistakes]. A small safīnah [oblong format], containing an ethical treatise, arranged according to the parts of the body, and what they are supposed to do and not to do.
First few pages illuminated with abstract designs. The following initial pages of the text written in different colors, changing from line to line.
Written in one column, 9 lines per pages, in black, red and green, framed within double red and green lines.
According to the colophon (f. 189v), copy completed in Ṣafar 1237 AH [November 1821 AD] in the hand of Salmān Ṭalāʼiʻ.
Bound in stamped leather with flap.
Cream laid paper. 8 x 11 cm. (9 x 5.8 cm.).
In Arabic.
Tür
government publication
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MS Arab 66. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
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