Author
ʻAlāʼī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1452-1512 or 1513
Author Original
ʻAlāʼī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1452-1512 or 1513, علائي، محمد بن احمد
Publication Date
1485
Publication Place
-
Cairo, [1485-1487]
Subject
Nile River—Early works to 1800, Egypt—Description and travel—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
73
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9947792933506421
Record ID
sj1391991
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1366Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1366Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1485-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1487-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1485-1487
Notes
Abridgment of Ibn ʻAbd al-Barr's Jamīʻ bayān al-ʻilm wa-faḍlih, on the virtues of science. The ms. contains also selections from two other texts. | Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., 19 lines per page (text 1). From fol. 59 on: 33 to 37 lines. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red. Marginal notes. Collation statement at the end of each quire (see fol. 20b, 30b, 58a). The quires are numbered in red ink, using Arabic numerals (see fol. 11a, 21a, 31a, 41a, 51a). There are no catchwords. Fol. 1a-2a: inscriptions and ownership statements. Fol. 2a and 72b: impressions of stamps. Fol. 2 consists of two leaves pasted on one another, with inscriptions visible. Worm-eaten ; extremely fragile., Text 1 copied on 11 Muḥarram 890 in the Madrasah al-Daylamīyah in Cairo (fol. 58a). Text 3 copied on 11 Ramaḍān 892 (fol. 69b). | 1. fol. 2a-58a: Tuḥfat dhawī al-albāb fī maḥāsin al-adab / Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-ʻAlāʼī., 2. fol. 58b: Min inshāʼ kātibihi ... Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-ʻAlāʼī., 3. fol. 59a-b: Faṣl fī mabdaʼ nahr al-Nīl wa-muntahāh [apparently an abstract from al-Qawl al-mufīd fī al-Nīl al-saʻīd by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Maḥallī, d. 864/1459]., 4. fol. 60b-69b: Intiqāʼ Zahr al-rabīʻ / Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-ʻAlāʼī., 5. fol. 70a-72b: [Several short texts]. | Upper and lower covers and envelope flap made of brown leather over paper pasteboard. Marbled paper (almost completely faded) pasted on both covers and envelope flap. Yellow paper pastedowns. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 16, 4274, 4440
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Digital content
Koleksiyonlar
Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts