Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 111H.

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2500

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 111H.

Title:

Safīnah /

Date:

not after 1834

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 116 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 243 x 117 (225 x 103) mm. bound to 240 x 117 mm.

Note:

Collation: Paper ; fol. 115 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Decoration: Simple illuminated headpiece in red, purple and black ink (fol. 1b). Contains diagrams.
Description: Headings and verse separators in red ; MS in good condition.
Layout: 22-36 lines per page ; text runs parallel with back of cover.
Marginal notes. On the inside of the front cover and on back of the first page are several riddles in verse. The MS contains a number of Turkish musical measures. After the colophon is a statement by a later hand marking the end of the Safīnah. On the inside of the back cover are fifteen verses in praise of the family of Muḥammad, six verses on love, and eight verses in Persian.
Ms. codex.
Title from upper cover pastedown.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

headpieces (layout features)

holographs (autographs)

diagrams

illuminated manuscripts

Music theory

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Arabic poetry

Arab countries

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963568343506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b9bb92b6-a5d3-42da-a3cb-d26eb7fc6293/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University