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Botanical treatise arranged in alphabetical order. Most plants are illustrated in vivid colors. Incomplete at end. On the left margin of fol. 104b, recipe entitled Maʻjūn Sulṭān Yāzīd Khān.
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- Arabic
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Item Summary
Botanical treatise arranged in alphabetical order. Most plants are illustrated in vivid colors. Incomplete at end. On the left margin of fol. 104b, recipe entitled Maʻjūn Sulṭān Yāzīd Khān.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Work on botany in Arabic].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 583H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2801pg40q
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1700-1767
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 107 leaves : paper, ill. ; 205 x 151 (155 x 90) mm. bound to 205 x 160 mm.
- Provenance
- Two ownership statements on fol. 1a, in the name of Muḥammad Amīn al-Mawṣilī Yāsīn Afandi Zādah (Yasin Efendi Zade), 1181 H. ; and of Muḥammad Yāsīn(?) ibn Muḥammad Amīn, 1221 H. Ex libris of Robert Garrett on the pastedown of the upper cover.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1064
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for headings and entries. Marginal annotations apparently by the same hand as the main text. Fol. 1 defective, with beginning of text and impressions of seals lost; wear and damage on a few leaves, with loss of text. Modern foliation in pencil (blank after fol. 6; after fol. 28; after fol. 97).
- Chiefly quaternions ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
- Decoration: Plants illustrated in water color.
- Beginning as extant: آ اكثار اسم بربرى هو المسمى بالتلقوطه ياكلون اصله بالوادى مطبوخا
- Binding Note
- Burgundy leather binding, with blind tooling.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 218
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/159ba3f9-feab-49dd-bc71-ca08995006d9/manifest