Item Summary

A collection of classical and popular poems on love.

Descriptive Information

Title
مجموعة قصائد واشعار وموالات وغير ذلك.
Transliterated Title
Majmūʻat qaṣāʼid wa-ashʻār wa-mawwālāt wa-ghayr dhālik.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 114H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/q811kv242
Language
Arabic
Format
Manuscript
Extent
35 leaves : paper ; 191 x 118 (170 x 100) mm bound to 195 x 118 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 167.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
After the colophon is a statement in pencil that the MS was read by Maḥmūd ʻĀshiq, followed by his seal. The two verses on the last page have been dried with sand. The final folio and lower pastedown have calculations.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 35 + i ; paginated in Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Embossed "imitation" watermark bearing the text "athar jadīd ʻahd humāyūn" ; MS in fair condition except for oil on most of the folios.
Layout: 22-29 lines per page.
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Ending: انا بحبك وکل الناس يستحلوك
Incipit: شعر. بديت اشکو اليکم نارحبکم
Binding Note
Binding in oblong or safīnah format in fabric and white paper with red and yellow block-stamped design.

Discovery Information

Subject
Arabic poetry
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Poetry
impressed watermarks
Autographs
Stamps

Physical Characteristics

File Count
81

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9e6bb2bd-f1e1-4913-8997-dc0369d98f7a/manifest