Author
Nashwān ibn Saʻīd al-Ḥimyarī, -1178?
Author Original
Nashwān ibn Saʻīd al-Ḥimyarī, -1178?, نشوان بن سعيد الحميري، -1178?
Publication Date
1194
Publication Place
-
16 Jumada [II] 1194 [June 19, 1780]
Subject
Arabia, Southern—History—Poetry—Early works to 1800, Ḥimyar (Yemen)—Kings and rulers—Poetry—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Poetry, illuminated manuscripts, Gold tooled bindings, Blind tooled bindings, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
108
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963572143506421
Record ID
dccj82kk63c
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 26H
Date
1780-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1780
Notes
A eulogy singing of the might and grandeur of monarchs who ruled over Ḥimyar. A copious historical commentary is appended. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes. Folios number 72 and 108 by a different hand. Only 123 verses of the ode are in MS. It is of value only as a comparatively unfalsified record of royal names., Collation: Paper ; fol. 108 ; catchwords ; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 13-26 lines per page., Description: Red, yellow, green and black ink ; watermarks (three crescents); MS in fair condition., Decoration: Illuminated title page in red, yellow, and black (fol. 1a)., Origin: According to colophon copy completed 16 Jumādā [?] 1194 by Saʻīd Ṣubḥ Allāh (fol. 108b)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The matter is serious and it is not a joke, so consider yourself righteous and righteous. ..., Colophon: The ecstatic poem completed [and] explained. May God have mercy on its narrator, its interpreter, its supervisor, all the believing men and women, our parents, our brothers, and our sheikhs in the religion. The completion of its transcription was at the time of the Isha call to prayer on the night expressed on Monday morning after the 16th month of Jumada [?] in the year 1194, written by the poorest servants of God Saeed Subhullah | Later type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Gold?-stamped mandorla with pendants on upper cover; blind-stamped and -tooled decorative edging on lower cover. Blind-stamped design on flap. Paper pastedown with block-stamped silver design inside upper cover. Apparently pieces re-used from three different bindings. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 585., Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 9737., Rieu, Supplement of the catalog of the Arabic Mss, 584., Catalog codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 670., Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, IV, p. 311.
Alternatif
Dhikr mulūk Ḥimyar, ذکر ملوك حمير
İnternette mevcut
arks.princeton.edu
Koleksiyonlar
Middle East Manuscripts, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Bağışlayan
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
