Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 26H.

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DS ID:

DS2667

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 26H.

Title:

Hādhā al-Kitāb Dhikr mulūk Ḥimyar /

Date:

16 Jumādā II 1194 June 19, 1780

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 108 leaves : paper ; 215 x 155 (150 x 110) mm bound to 212 x 157 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes. Folios number 72 and 108 by a different hand. Only 123 verses of the ode are in MS. It is of value only as a comparatively unfalsified record of royal names.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 108 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 13-26 lines per page.
Description: Red, yellow, green and black ink ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in fair condition.
Decoration: Illuminated title page in red, yellow, and black (fol. 1a).
Origin: According to colophon copy completed 16 Jumādā ? 1194 by Saʻīd Ṣubḥ Allāh (fol. 108b).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Watermarks (Paper)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

History

illuminated manuscripts

Poetry

Blind tooled bindings

Southern Arabia

Manuscripts, Arabic

Yemen (Republic)--Ḥimyar

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963572143506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7229652d-4e62-481a-b5a5-6c7ddd5e52a9/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University