Princeton University, Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 262Hq

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DS ID:

DS29606

Shelfmark:

Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 262Hq

Title:

Kitāb al-Tiqṣār fī jīd zamān ʻallāmat al-aqālīm wa-al-amṣār / / كتاب التقصار في جيد زمان علامة الاقاليم والامصار /

Author:

Shijnī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 1785 or 1786-1869 or 1870 / شجني، محمد بن الحسن، 1785 or 1786-1869 or 1870

Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan Shijnī WIKIDATA

Date:

16 Ṣafar 1243 [September 8, 1827

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 140 leaves : paper ; 323 x 225 (230-240 x 123) mm bound to 315 x 225 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes and glosses. The work is of special importance in the study of the history of literature in Yemen. Title also appears on lower edge of text block.
Collation: Paper ; fol. (4) + 140 + (8) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 24-32 lines per page ; partially frame-ruled in red (fol. 81-140).
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (shield with a face-in-the-moon and the letter "A", roman-alphabet letters "FAG"; three crescents, cursive roman-alphabet letters "B" and "G") ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed Saturday 16 Ṣafar 1243, apparently by the author (fol. 140b).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Biographies

Watermarks

Blind tooled bindings

holographs (autographs)

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Muslim scholars

Shawkānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1759-1839

Yemen (Republic)

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963573253506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/860f520c-4b33-4434-9bb4-def6586552e9/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University