Descriptive Information

Title

شرح القصىدة البستىة.

Transliterated Title

Sharḥ al-Qaṣīdah al-Bustīyah.

Call Number

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 385B

Identifier

ark:/88435/dcvm40z279p

Language

Arabic

Date Created

1500-1599

Format

Manuscript

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Fols. 34; 16.9 x 12.7 cm.; written surface 11 x 9.5 cm.; 13 lines to page; on Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.

A commentary on ʻUnwān al-ḥikam, a wisdom ode by al-Bustī, A.H. 401 [A.D. 1010/1].

Beg.: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم ... زىادة المرء في دنىاه نقصان ... الزىادة النموىحبيء لازماً ومتعدىاً وهنا لازم

Colophon: تمت القصىدة البستىة مع شرحها. تمت بعون الله وحسن توفىقه وصلى الله على سىدنا محمد وآله اجمعىن

Text in red and commentary in black; MS in fair condition; worm-eaten; Arabic binding. Probably from XVIth century.

Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.

ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 534; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 7594.

Discovery Information

Subject

Bustī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad d. 1010—ʻUnwān al-ḥikam

Physical Characteristics

File Count

72

Institutional Information

Collection

Manuscripts of the Islamic World

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ee2a1df6-d935-45a3-b98b-de1d5c1b63e0/manifest

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