Author
Ibn al-Muqaffa, -approximately 760, local, Mahmoud bin Abi al-Hasan, active 16th century, Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 169H
Publication Date
1588
Publication Place
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24 Muḥarram 997 [December 13, 1588]
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Autographs, Stamps, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
96
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963568473506421
Record ID
dch415pm352
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 169H
Date
1588-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1213-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1588-1213
Notes
The famous book Kalīlah wa-Dimnah, which is a translation, into Arabic from Pahlavi, of fables which are adaptations of the Indian tales of the Panchatantra originally brought from India in the time of Chosroes I. | Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 96 + i ; catchwords ; quires signed 2-8 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Description: Vowel signs ; rubricated ; watermarks ; MS in fair condition with some staining, some pages mended., Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in gold (fol. 1b-2a), the rest frame-ruled in red., Marginal notes; marginal summaries in red. Table of contents on fol. 1b. On fol. 1a are two verses of poetry and a kabīkaj (invocation against bookworks)., Ms. codex., Origin: According to colophon copied Tuesday 24 Muḥarram 997 by Maḥmūd ibn Abī al-Ḥasan ibn Shams al-Dīn al-Maḥallī al-Shāfiʻī (fol. 96b)., Title from text (fol. 1b)., Colophon: نجز في اليوم المبارك وهو يوم الثلاث المبارك رابع عشرين محرم الحرام افتتاح عام سنة سبع وتسعين وتسعماية على يد کاتبه فقير رحمة ربه المستنشق نسيم حضرة قربه محمود بن ابي الحسن بن شمس الدين المحلي الشافعي غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهم واليه امين, Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. وما توفيقي الا بالله عليه توکلت. هذا کتاب کليلة ودمنة | Type II (with flap) binding in light brown leather and and paper with a block-printed design. Text block wrapped in later paper, not connected to cover. | full color copy | Obliterated ownership autograph along with a seal impression and the signature of ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī al-Fārisī (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 236/9., Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 176., Rieu, Supplement of the catalogue of the Arabic Mss, 1155-7.
İnternette mevcut
arks.princeton.edu
Koleksiyonlar
Middle East Manuscripts, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Bağışlayan
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961