Item Summary

A story by a grammarian on how the pitcher became sovereign over the other drinking vessels.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب طراز الحلة في سلطنة القلة / تأليف محمد نشار.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Ṭirāz al-ḥullah fī salṭanat al-qullah / taʼlīf Muḥammad Nashshār.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 161H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcs4655s27f
Language
Arabic
Format
Manuscript
Extent
18, (2) leaves : paper ; 210 x 154 (135 x 90).
Provenance
On the title page is the autograph of an owner, Ḥusayn al-Jará al-Ḥanafī. After the colophon is the autograph of a reader, Maḥmūd Abū al-Mawāhib. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 229.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Collation: Paper ; 18 + (2) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Rubricated ; verse separators in red ; vowel signs ; watermarks (cross, crescents, lettering "C R") ; MS in good condition.
Layout: 25 lines per page ; ruled.
Marginal notes and glosses. On the leaf after the colophon is a statement about the characteristics of the people of various countries.
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Colophon: تمت المقامة بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم امين. تم
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الذي خلق الانسان من طين
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
45

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2d1886c1-4ca3-403c-8eb0-f77e85ba6140/manifest