Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 194B

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DS ID:

DS14878

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 194B

Title:

al-Raʼy al-ṣāʼib fī ithbāt mā lā budda minhu lil-kātib

Author:

Ibn ʻAsākir, Shāfiʻ ibn ʻAlī, 1252-1330

Shāfiʻ ibn ʻaly WIKIDATA

Date:

1300-1399

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Note:

Fols. 315; 19.8 x 14.3 cm.; written surface 16 x 9.3 cm.; 17 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords.
A manual for writers and secretaries dealing with grammar, style, idioms and orthography.
Beg.: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي قلد نحورالطروس من
Colophon: تم الکتاب ولله الحمد و المنة
A few marginal notes and glosses. Evidently copy was made during authorʼs life time. MS in good condition, but worm-eaten and mended; modern Arabic binding with flap. Probably unique.
Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Arabic language

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963585923506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6686d3c4-4bf7-47ed-b57c-21a6ea40a130/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University