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كتاب المحاسن الادبية في مواعظ البرية / لجامعه محمد بن مصطفى بن نور الدين الشهاوي الشافعي البرهامي.
Kitāb al-Maḥāsin al-adabīyah fī mawāʻiẓ al-barīyah / li-jāmʻihi Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá ibn Nūr al-Dīn al-Shahāwī al-Shāfiʻī al-Burhāmī.
1600-1699
A collection of wise sayings, verses of poetry and other literary pieces for counsel and exhortation.
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- Publisher
- [17th century?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1091H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of wise sayings, verses of poetry and other literary pieces for counsel and exhortation.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب المحاسن الادبية في مواعظ البرية / لجامعه محمد بن مصطفى بن نور الدين الشهاوي الشافعي البرهامي.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Maḥāsin al-adabīyah fī mawāʻiẓ al-barīyah / li-jāmʻihi Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá ibn Nūr al-Dīn al-Shahāwī al-Shāfiʻī al-Burhāmī.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1091H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2514nz20r
- Publisher
- [17th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1699
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 68 leaves : paper ; 200 x 150 (145 x 96) mm bound to 200 x 150 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1935.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- List of titles on title page, perhaps sources of selections in the work?
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 69 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown with grapes and roman-alphabet lettering in a cartouche) ; MS in fair condition; staining with limited impact on legibility; the last folio is defective.
- Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ورحمت ربك خير مما يجمعون الحمد لله الذي فتح ابواب رحمته بمحبته ... وبعد فيقول المشتغل باللعب واللهاوي محمد بن مصطفي بن نور الدين بن محمد ... الشهاوي الحسني الشافعي البرهامي ...
- Colophon: ... قال ذلك بفمه وزبره بقلمه فقير من يعفو عن المساوي محمد بن مصطفى
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and blue paper.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 149
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/614e6480-d7a0-48a7-9426-90b42b632693/manifest