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A collection of sayings, stories, historical extracts and poems by various authors, commencing with the story of Abū Bakr al-Makhzūmī by Lisān al-Dīn ibn al-Khaṭīb 713-776 [1313-1374/5] and containing poems by al-Qīrāṭī 726-781 [1326-1379], Ṣafī al-Dīn al-Ḥillī 677-750 [1278-1349/50], al-Ṣafadī 696-764 [1296/7-1363], a fragment of the Epistle of Ibn Ḥazm 384-456 [994-1064] and other poems and literary pieces by different authors.
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- Related Name
- Ibn al-Khaṭīb, 1313-1374
- ابن الخطيب، 1313-1374
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 166H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of sayings, stories, historical extracts and poems by various authors, commencing with the story of Abū Bakr al-Makhzūmī by Lisān al-Dīn ibn al-Khaṭīb 713-776 [1313-1374/5] and containing poems by al-Qīrāṭī 726-781 [1326-1379], Ṣafī al-Dīn al-Ḥillī 677-750 [1278-1349/50], al-Ṣafadī 696-764 [1296/7-1363], a fragment of the Epistle of Ibn Ḥazm 384-456 [994-1064] and other poems and literary pieces by different authors.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [مجموعة قطع ادبية]
- Transliterated Title
- [Majmūʻat qiṭaʻ adabīyah]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 166H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc028715641
- Language
- Arabic
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 54 leaves : paper ; 219 x 139 (205 x 115) mm. bound to 220 x 140 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 234.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 54 + vii ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents, a shield?) ; MS in good condition.
- Layout: 28-39 lines per page ; text runs parallel with back of cover.
- Marginal glosses. On the two folios after the ending occur several verses of poetry in Turkish and several concentric circles, in the middle of which Sūrah 112 of the Qurʼān is written, and on the circumference occur the basmalah and the shahādah. The name of Muḥammad and Allāh are repeated several times. The 26 folios that follow are blank, except for a line of Turkish on one of them.
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Ending: ومن حکايات المعتضد عباد ما ذکره غير واحد
- Incipit: وقد ذکر لسان الدين بن الخطيب حکاية ابي بکر المخزومي
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous? binding in oblong or safīnah format in brown leather. Blind-tooled edging. Yellow paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 132
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/10a62eb9-6080-4de6-9084-f13fe9179050/manifest