Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 17H.

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2425

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 17H.

Title:

Dīwān /

Date:

29 Ṣafar 514 May 30, 1120

sixth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: (3), 117 leaves : paper ; 178 x 127 (145 x 85) mm. bound to 180 x 144 mm.

Note:

Collation: Paper ; fol. 3, 117 ; catchwords at end of quires ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Decoration: Title page is illuminated and bears a gilded bookplate with the words: min kutub al-Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm al-Talawī al-Khālidī. Title and medallion have text in silver ink surrounded by decoration in red, black, gold and blue.
Description: Written in clear naskhi ; vowel signs ; MS is exceedingly rare ; MS is in good condition.
Layout: 14 lines per page.
Ms. codex.
Origin: According to colophon copied al-Sabt 29 Ṣafar 514 by Ibn al-Maqrūn (fol. 117a).
Three folios before title page have a number of verses by ʻAlī ibn al-Ṣaqqār al-Māridīnī and a short paragraph by another about Kushājim. In upper left hand corner of title page is a statement that entire MS was written by Ibn al-Maqrūn the scribe. In upper right hand corner of title page is a statement that the manuscript contains 120 leaves from beginning to end.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Folios 68, 70 and 77 bear a seal impression: "mulk Mawlay Luṭf ʻAbdullah Niʻmah." Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Keyword:

Blind tooled bindings

illuminated manuscripts

Stamps (Provenance)

Leather doublures

Poetry

New Jersey--Princeton

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963567073506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9aa8c309-e3b6-402c-a7ac-140d653214df/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University