Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 121H.

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DS ID:

DS2511

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 121H.

Title:

al-Juzʼ al-awwal min Kitāb al-Aghānī.

Date:

10 Ṣafar 1301 i.e. 1201? December 2, 1786?

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 175 leaves : paper ; 194 x 151 (155 x 109) mm. bound to 194 x 154 mm.

Note:

Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 175 + i ; catchwords ; foliated in Hindu-Arabic numerals at center top ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; MS in good condition but several folios are worm-eaten and mended. It appears that the MS was trimmed as some marginal notes are cut off.
Layout: 19-22 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Marginal notes. On the title page occur a table of contents, al-shahādah written twice, a numerical charm and other writing. Before the colophon there is a crossed-out statement that this copy was made for Amīr al-Muʼminīn. After the colophon occur an obliterated autograph of an owner, al-shahādah twice, one by Muḥammad ibn Abī Kālib dated 1284 1867.
Ms. codex.
Origin: According to colophon copied Saturday 10 Ṣafar 1301 i.e. 1201 (fol. 175b).
Title from colophon (fol. 175b).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Blind tooled bindings

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Biographies

Early works

Poets, Arab

Musicians

Arabic poetry

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Arab countries

Poets, Arab--Biography

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963568503506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/73126163-6b57-4644-968c-73f776f73324/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University