Item Summary

A collection of love letters and stories in ten sections and ten chapters.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب سرور المهج والالباب في رسايل الاحباب.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Surūr al-muhaj wa-al-albāb fī rasāyil al-aḥbāb.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 151H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc6682xd615
Publisher
Rajab 1054 [September/October 1644]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1644
Format
Manuscript
Extent
79 leaves : paper ; 148 x 103 (110 x 65) mm. bound to 148 x 105 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 221.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes. On the title page are two verses of poetry in praise of the collection. On the page after colophon and on the three following folios occurs a piece of music.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 79 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 13-17 lines per page ; fol. 15-26 frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copied Rajab 1054 by Aḥmad al-ʻAbbāsī [?]. (fol. 76a).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم. الحمد لله الهادي بمحمد
Colophon: وکان الفراغ من کتابته في اواسط رجب المبارك على ىد اضعف عباد الله احمد العباسي غفر الله لمن دعا له وللمسلمىن اجمعىن تم سنة 1054 تم وکمل
Binding Note
Later? quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and green marbled paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Arabic literature—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count
166

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ad024b65-2bb8-44a7-9fb0-a80afb1c0d75/manifest