Item Summary

A commentary on the famous Lāmīyah of Ibn al-Wardī, which is a collection of advice and counsel.

Descriptive Information

Title
لاميت ابن الوردي.
Transliterated Title
Lāmīyat Ibn al-Wardī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 53H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc41687v462
Publisher
17 Shawwāl 1279 [April 7, 1863?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1863
Format
Manuscript
Extent
26, (1) leaves : paper ; 230 x 164 (155 x 80) mm bound to 226 x 170 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 81.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 3998/9.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes and glosses in red and black. Evidently copyist is author of commentary.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 26 + (1) ; three quires ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 19 lines per page.
Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; watermarks (shield with a face-in-the-moon; roman-alphabet letters "AG") ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copied Monday 17 Shawwāl 1279 (fol. 26b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله على افشا [ء] جوده ومزيد انعامه حيث جعانا من احبابه ... وبعد فيقول العبد الفقير ذو الفجر الضعيف والتقصير حسن ابن محمود ابن حمد بركات انه لما كانت القصيدة الوردية ...
Colophon: تمت بعون الله تعالى في يوم الاثنين 17 شوال سنة 1279 هلالية من الهجرة النبوية
Binding Note
Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in red leather and red marbled paper. Mint-green paper pastedowns.

Discovery Information

Subject
Ibn al-Wardī, Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar -1349—Naṣīḥat al-ikhwān wa-murshidat al-khillān
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
65

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/004f26ec-f47d-41ed-abbb-e34ad7d1fb08/manifest