Princeton University, Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 139Hq

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DS ID:

DS14731

Shelfmark:

Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 139Hq

Title:

Kitāb Alif bāʼ

Author:

Abū al-Ḥajjāj al-Balawī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad, 1134 or 1135-1207 or 1208 / ابو الحجاج البلوي، يوسف بن محمد، 1134 or 1135-1207 or 1208

Abu al-Hajjaj al-Balawi WIKIDATA

Date:

15 Rabīʻ al-Akhir 1113 [September 19, 1701

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 531 leaves : paper ; 283 x 160 (200 x 96) mm bound to 282 x 165 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from preface (fol. 2a).
Marginal notes. Four verses of poetry by al-Shāfiʻī [767-820 M] and another verse said to have been a part of the inscription on the seal of Kisra [Khusraw], probably Khusraw Nūshirwān [531-578 M], with obscured ownership signatures (fol. 1a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 531 + iii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 33 lines per page in one or two columns ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; some pages very lightly tinted ; watermarks (crown with grapes; three hats; countermark initials "PA" with trefoil; three circles containing a cross, roman-alphabet letters "CO" and "3") ; MS in very good condition.
Decoration: Elaborate illuminated headpiece of blue, red, black and gold. Opening spread frame-ruled in gold (fol. 1b-2a).
Origin: According to colophon copy completed 15 Rabīʻ al-Akhir 1113 (fol. 531b).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Watermarks

Headbands

headpieces (layout features)

Sprinkled papers

Blind tooled bindings

illuminated manuscripts

Manuscripts, Arabic

Arabic language--Synonyms and antonyms

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963568703506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b6e1fd36-a899-4d52-b126-ddd49eeeb985/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University