Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 267B
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS29370
- Shelfmark:
- Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 267B
- Title:
- Kharīdat al-ʻajāʼib wa-farīdat al-gharāʼib / / خريدة العجائب وفريدة الغرائب /
- Ibn al-Wardī, Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar, -1349
- Date:
- 16--?
- Language:
- ara
- Material:
- paper, ill.
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i, 187, i leaves : paper, ill. ; 208 x 135 (152 x 75) mm. bound to 20 x 140 mm.
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a, later hand).
Physical description: 19 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red (gold on fol.1b-2a). The text is vocalized. Some yāʼ for alif maqṣūrah. The text is framed within a border in gold outlined in black. European paper with watermark. Occasional marginal annotation. Title on tail of text block (hardly legible).
Chiefly quinions. Catchword on the verso of each leaf.
Decoration: Illuminated scalloped mandorla, executed in gold, blue, and colors on fol 1a. Illuminated headpiece with basmalah in gold on fol. 1b.
Illustration 1: Mappa mundi on fol. 3b-4a, circular, executed in gold, blue, green, red, and gold.
Illustration 2 : Map of the Kaʻbah surrounded by the miḥrāb for different regions on fol. 43b.
Origin: The illuminations suggest the 11th/17th cent.
Ownership statement in the name of Ismāʻīl, qāḍī in Baghdād on fol. 1a, with seal. Another erased ownership statement with seal on the same fol. Erased seal on fol. 29b. Acquired from Murād Bey Bārūdī (Beirut), 1925. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9955142333506421
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1a1cd067-fa7f-4d75-9808-9f6c5e0d5512/manifest
- Holding Institution:
