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Elegant copy of the Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, with a continuous gloss (ḥāshiyah).
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Item Summary
Elegant copy of the Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, with a continuous gloss (ḥāshiyah).
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب مقامات الحريري
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 131Hq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dchm50v455f
- Publisher
- [1391]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1391
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- i, 316, i leaves: paper ; 350 x 230 (178 x 135) mm.
- Provenance
- Two erased seals on fol. 1a (one repeated on fol. 315a, erased). Inscriptions signed al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Muṭallib Ibn al-Sharīf Ghālib Ibn al-Sharīf Musāʻad on fol. 316b. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 194
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from fol. 1a.
- Interlinear and marginal annotations and glosses. Two prayers and other inscriptions on fol. 316b (later addition), signed al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Muṭallib Ibn al-Sharīf Ghālib Ibn al-Sharīf Musāʻad.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 315 + (2) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 9 lines per page.
- Description: Written in large script in black ink with use of red. Light cream paper with laid lines and pulp visible. Edges of some folios mended, particularly at the beginning and the end of the copy, with loss of text (the wanting text is copied by a later hand on the repair, see fol. 4).
- Origin: Copy completed on Yawm al-Aḥad 22 ("22 khalūn") Muḥarram 794, "fī yawm al-Nayrūz" (colophon, fol. 134b-135a).
- Incipit: الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على نبيه محمد عب(ده الامين) قال الشيخ الامام ابو محمد القاسم بن عثمان الحريري البصري رحمه الله (تعالى) اللهم انا نحمدك على ما علمت من البيان والهمت من التبيان ... [3أ] ... اما بعد وبعد فانه جرى ببعض اندية الادب الذي ركدت في هذا العصرِ ريحه
- Explicit: فقال اجعل الموت نصب عينك وهذا فراق بيني وبينك فودعته وعبراتي يتحدرن من المآاقي وزفراتي يتصعدن من التراقي وكانت هذه خاتمة التلاقي قال الشيخ الامام ابو القسم بن علي بن محمد بن عثمن الحريري رحمه الله هذا آخر المقامات التي انشاتها بالاغترار وامليتها بلسان الاضطرار وقد الجيت الى ان ارصدتها للاستعراض وناديت عليها في سوق الاعتراض هذا مع معرفتي بانها من سقط المتاع ... [314ب] ... ولكن كان ذلك في الكتاب مسطورًا وانا استغفر الله تعالى ممّا اودعتها من اباطيل اللغو واضاليل اللهو واسترشد الى ما يعصم من السهو ... وولي الخيرات في الدنيا والاخرة ه
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled decorative edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Red paper pastedowns with painted flowers in white. Marbled paper free end paper.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 649
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d4cca985-7aba-4db0-a013-d5e45102a357/manifest