University of Pennsylvania, LJS 436
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS676
- Shelfmark:
- LJS 436
- Title:
- Ḍawʼ al-sirāj.
- Faraḍī, Maḥmūd ibn Abī Bakr, 1246 or 1247-1300 / فرضي، محمود بن ابي بكر، 1246 أو 1247-1300
- Date:
- A.H. 723-747 (1323-1347)
- Language:
- Arabic
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 123 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 179 x 127 (134-143 x 88) mm bound to 179 x 139 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Binding: Morocco with flap (Type II), faded marbled paper overlay on covers.
Origin: Sections of the copy dated to different times, though signed by the same scribe. First section dated 10 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 723 (27 March 1323) (f. 104r), end of the book dated Rajab 724 (July 1324) (f. 118r), and the added pages after the end dated Ramaḍān 747 (December 1346-January 1347) (f. 122r). The scribe is Masʻūd ibn Qāsim ibn Aḥmad ibn Masʻūd (f. 118r) with the added nisbah...
Decoration: Diagrams (f. 43v-46r, 111r-111v, 114v-117r) and tables (105r-110r, 112r-114r, 118v-120v) in red and black ink; title page text in red and black ink (f. 1r); occasional words and phrases in red ink; double frame of red ink around text block and double red lines between sections on final pages of manuscript (f. 104v-120v).
Script: Written in naskh in black ink, mostly unpointed, by at least 2 hands (first hand, f. 1v-56v, 104v-120v; second hand, 57r-104r), with an additional leaf bound in, f. 63.
Foliation: Paper, i + 123 leaves; [i, 1-123]; alternating gatherings of 10 and 6 leaves.
Layout: Written in 19 long lines.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Jun. 2002. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9954456963503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3z31nz6d/manifest
- Holding Institution:
