Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 30
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4182
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 30
- Title:
- Multaqá al-abḥur.
- Ḥalabī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, -1549 or 1550 / حلبي، ابراهيم بن محمد،
- Language:
- Arabic
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 268 leaves : 195 x 115 (94 x 40) mm bound to 195 x 125 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Pîrîzâde, Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh, Shaykh al-Islām / پيرىزاده، سيد عبد الله،
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from introduction (f. 4r).
"E. A. Khouri 5037 Greene St. Germantown, Penna." (note in pencil, front flyleaf). Probably Elias Alexander Khouri.
Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II). Embossed and gilt central mandorla inlay with gold tooled surrounding finials. Gold tooled frame. Flap has corresponding inlay and gold tooling. Title written onto bottom edge in black ink.
Layout: 15 long lines; border-ruled. Frame-ruled with misṭarah. Three pages ruled in 12 x 6 grid in red and black for table of contents (f. 1v-2v).
Script: Written in clear nastaʻlīq, pointed, unvocalized.
Decoration: Rubrications in red. Textblock border-ruled in gold. Opening page is ruled as if for headpiece decoration (f. 3v)
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh, Shaykh al-Islām, known as Pîrîzâde (note on f. 1r).
Provenance: Sold at the auction of the Grand Vizier Ḥusayn Pāshā's property (note in pencil, f. [268]v).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_030.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_030/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
