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DS ID:

DS4176

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 24

Title:

Hādhihi muqaddimah fīmā ʻalá qāriʼih.

Author:

Ibn al-Jazarī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1350-1429 / ابن الجزري، محمد بن محمد،

Ibn al-Jazari WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Abū Bakr ibn Sulaymān / أبو بكر بن سليمان.

Abū Bakr ibn Sulaymān WIKIDATA

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 69 leaves : 200 x 120 (140 x 70) mm bound to 200 x 120 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century Manuscripts, Oriental--19th century Early works Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from marginal introduction (f. 1v).
Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II). Covers have gilded paper onlay over central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis. Flap also has gilded paper onlay medallion. Gold tooled frame and corner designs. Foredge cover has gilt design. Bright pink paper with gold tracery doublure.
Layout: 19 lines in two columns, color coded and border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black, red, green; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Text block is border and column ruled in gold and black; page-opening is framed in gold and black rules to contain the marginalia; text and marginalia are in black, red, and green to distinguish the readings. Illuminated header on the first opening (f. 1v). Most other headers have polychrome and gold floral patterned fill.
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century

Manuscripts, Oriental--19th century

Early works

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts (documents)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_024.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_024/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia