Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 222
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- DS ID:
- DS29090
- Shelfmark:
- Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 222
- Title:
- Hādhā al-kitāb ʻalá arbaʻat funūn / هذا الكتاب على اربعة فنون
- Author:
- Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm, 1210 or 1211-1288 / ابن النفيس، علي بن ابي الحزم
- Date:
- 1800-1886
- Language:
- ara
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 280] p. (20-22 lines), bound ; 27 cm.
- Note:
- Caption title.
Title from f. 1b.
Text begins on p. 2.
Pages 1, 276-279 blank.
Inscription on p. 280 is dated 1303 (1855 or 6).
Ms. in stately taʻlīq script on glazed paper. 26.7 x 16.1. Headings and key words in red ink. Catchwords; text unvocalized. Considerable marginal notations. Text undated.
Paper is laid glazed stock, very thin leaves. No discernable watermark. Leaves slightly discolored; red ink has washed in some places. First leaf has torn corner. Some minor worm damage, primarily in margins. Edge of text block speckled in red. Paper repairs to some leaves.
Binding is cloth and paper over pasteboard. Spine and corners are red cloth; covers are black paper. Some minor worm damage. Spine label illegible.
AM 1993-168. Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian, Arabica/Islamica Special list 273, June 30, 1993. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930591893506421
- Holding Institution:
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