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كتاب في بيان فضل القوس والسهم واوصافهما.
Kitāb fī bayān faḍl al-qaws wa-al-sahm wa-awṣāfihimā.
1800-1899
A work on the art of using the bow and arrow. This is a supplement to the authorʼs former work on the same subject which is entitled Kifāyat al-muqtaṣid al-baṣīr fī al-ramy ʻan al-qaws al-ʻArabīyah bi-al-sahm al-ṭawīl wa-al-qaṣīr.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [19th century?]
- People
-
- Related Name
- صفا، جرجس، active 1491
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 360B
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A work on the art of using the bow and arrow. This is a supplement to the authorʼs former work on the same subject which is entitled Kifāyat al-muqtaṣid al-baṣīr fī al-ramy ʻan al-qaws al-ʻArabīyah bi-al-sahm al-ṭawīl wa-al-qaṣīr.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب في بيان فضل القوس والسهم واوصافهما.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb fī bayān faḍl al-qaws wa-al-sahm wa-awṣāfihimā.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 360B
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/9k41zk863
- Publisher
- [19th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1800-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 173 leaves : paper ; 193 x 134 (123 x 80) mm bound to 198 x 138 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signatures: Jirjis Ṣafā dated 1 T. 891, Maḥmūd al-Ḥabbāl dated 26 Muḥarram 1320 (fol. 2a). Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 793.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 2a).
- Information from Kashf al-ẓunūn (fol.1a). Inscriptions on title page (fol. 2a).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 173 ; catchwords ; paginated in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 13 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (grapes; anchor; unidentified (cauldron or vase on a stand?) ; MS in good condition, slightly worm-eaten.
- Origin: Probably from early XIXth century. In all likelihood unique.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا آله الا الله عدة للقائه ... الحمد لله الذي نعمته على الخلق تامة وحكمته فى الموجودات ظاهرة عامة ...
- Colophon: تمت تمت
- Binding Note
- Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and green textured paper. Gold-tooling along spine edge and on spine. Edges painted yellow.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 176
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- Holding location
- {@id=https://bibdata.princeton.edu/locations/delivery_locations/13}
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/572d6a24-fdbc-46b7-a7ee-d1d330f8110f/manifest