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القاموس المحيط.

al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ.

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Volume 1 of Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ, a well-known dictionary of the Arabic language. From Bāb al-ḥamzah to Bāb al-ʻayn, Faṣl al-shīn.

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Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 48Lq

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[17th century?]

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Author: Fīrūzābādī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb, 1329-1414 or 1415; فيروزابادي، محمد بن يعقوب، 1329-1414 or 1415
Donor: Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Related Name: Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 48Lq

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Arabic

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Arabic language—Dictionaries—Early works to 1800

Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

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Volume 1 of Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ, a well-known dictionary of the Arabic language. From Bāb al-ḥamzah to Bāb al-ʻayn, Faṣl al-shīn.

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Title: القاموس المحيط.
Transliterated Title: al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ.
Call Number: Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 48Lq
Identifier: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcwm118209m
Publisher: [17th century?]
Language: Arabic
Date Created: 1600-1699
Format: Manuscript
Extent: 271 leaves : paper ; 290 x 193 (225 x 130) mm bound to 287 x 200 mm.
Provenance: Ownership signature: Ḥusayn Āl al-Sayyid Ḥaydar al-Ḥusnī al-Ḥasanī with seal impression (fol. 2a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition: Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References: Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 280.
Rights Statement: Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes: Ms. codex.; Title from folio 2a.; Marginal notes. Label on spine: "SS-1019 Dictionnaire arabe". Inscription dated [1679/80] (fol. 1a).; Collation: Paper ; fol. 271 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.; Layout: 34 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.; Description: Headings in red, yellow, blue and green ; watermarks (later endpaper: three crescents; text: crown-star-crescent; other unidentified; roman-alphabet initial countermark with trefoil) ; MS in good condition.; Decoration: Opening spread in geometric frame of green, red, yellow, blue and black (fol. 2b-3a). Colophon lined with bands of blue, red, green and yellow (fol. 271a).; Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century. Copied by Walī ibn ʻUmar (fol. 271a).; Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله منطق البلغاء باللغي في البوادي ... اما بعد فان للعلم رياضا وحياضا ...; Colophon: تم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب بقلم الفقير الحقير ولي بن عمر غفر الله له ولوالديه ولجميع المسلمين والحمد لله صلا و م
Binding Note: Later? type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and cornerpieces and blind-tooled edging. Multi-colored endbands.

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Subject: Arabic language—Dictionaries—Early works to 1800; Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton; Dictionaries; Watermarks; Blind tooled bindings; illuminated manuscripts; Autographs; Stamps

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Collection: Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL: https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/991b804e-cb06-424a-b6d5-1e5a35ee0cd8/manifest

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