Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 169H.

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DS ID:

DS2510

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 169H.

Title:

Kitāb Kalīlah wa-Dimnah.

Date:

24 Muḥarram 997 December 13, 1588

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 96 leaves : paper ; 205 x 150 (150 x 103) mm. bound to 199 x 160 mm.

Note:

Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 96 + i ; catchwords ; quires signed 2-8 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Vowel signs ; rubricated ; watermarks ; MS in fair condition with some staining, some pages mended.
Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in gold (fol. 1b-2a), the rest frame-ruled in red.
Marginal notes; marginal summaries in red. Table of contents on fol. 1b. On fol. 1a are two verses of poetry and a kabīkaj (invocation against bookworks).
Ms. codex.
Origin: According to colophon copied Tuesday 24 Muḥarram 997 by Maḥmūd ibn Abī al-Ḥasan ibn Shams al-Dīn al-Maḥallī al-Shāfiʻī (fol. 96b).
Title from text (fol. 1b).
Obliterated ownership autograph along with a seal impression and the signature of ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī al-Fārisī (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

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Autographs (Provenance)

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963568473506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/703ac957-3341-407d-b7a6-7530899c747b/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University