Item Summary

A commentary on the ode entitled al-Maqṣad al-jalīl fī ʻilm al-Khalīl, which is a work on metrics and prosody by Ibn al-Ḥājib 570-646 [1175-1249]. With diagrams.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب الدر النضيد في شرح القصيد.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb al-Durr al-naḍīd fī sharḥ al-qaṣīd.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 400H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc8049gg542
Language
Arabic
Format
Manuscript
Extent
132 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 245 x 183 (180 x 123) mm. bound to 242 x 190 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 503.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 199.
Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 4451.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes. Title page statement that 171 lines of verse are included in the commentary.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 132 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; MS in fair condition; extensive staining and several folios are mended.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. رب يسر واعن. قال سيدنا
Colophon: نجز بحمد الله وعونه امتعنا الله ببقاء مصنفه الحبر الاعظم والامام المکرم
Binding Note
Later? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and paper with block-pressed design. Multi-colored endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar 1175-1249—Maqṣad al-jalīl fī ʻilm al-Khalīl
Arabic language—Versification—Early works to 1800
Arabic language—Metrics and rhythmics—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
diagrams
Headbands

Physical Characteristics

File Count
273

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/bbe033e4-bfe3-4fa4-bb63-603176a879a2/manifest