Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 583H

Images provided by hosting institution via

Metadata

DS ID:

DS29461

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 583H

Title:

Work on botany in Arabic

Date:

1700-1767

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, ill.

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 107 leaves : paper, ill. ; 205 x 151 (155 x 90) mm. bound to 205 x 160 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for headings and entries. Marginal annotations apparently by the same hand as the main text. Fol. 1 defective, with beginning of text and impressions of seals lost; wear and damage on a few leaves, with loss of text. Modern foliation in pencil (blank after fol. 6...
Chiefly quaternions ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
Decoration: Plants illustrated in water color.
Two ownership statements on fol. 1a, in the name of Muḥammad Amīn al-Mawṣilī Yāsīn Afandi Zādah (Yasin Efendi Zade), 1181 H. ; and of Muḥammad Yāsīn(?) ibn Muḥammad Amīn, 1221 H. Ex libris of Robert Garrett on the pastedown of the upper cover.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Formulas, recipes, etc.

History

Islamic Empire

Sources

Botany

New Jersey--Princeton

Pictorial works

Specimens

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9955764003506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/159ba3f9-feab-49dd-bc71-ca08995006d9/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University