Descriptive Information

Title

هذا النصف من العقد الفريد/ لابن عبد ربه.

Transliterated Title

Hādhā al-nisf̣ min al-ʻIqd al-farīd / li-Ibn ʻAbd Rabbih.

Call Number

Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 61

Identifier

ark:/88435/dchd76sd90d

Language

Arabic

Date Created

1757

Format

Manuscript

Extent

[629] p. (27 lines), bound ; 27 cm.

Provenance

414701. Gift of Mrs. William C. Osborn, Charles Scribner, '75, David Paton, '74, et al.

Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Notes

Page 1 of fly leaf has: "Ibn ʻAbd Rabbihi, al-ʻIqd al-farīd. Ms dated 1170 (A.D. 1757)."

Page 2 of cover has inscription and PUL Bookplate listing donors.

Leaf 1a has several inscriptions of ownership.

Ms. in naskh script in 2 different hands on glzaed paper. 26.6 x 18.7 cm. Headings and underlinings in red. F. 1b and 2a have gold and red ruled border; rest of text has rule border in red. Catchwords; some vocalization.

Paper is glazed, mass produced stock. Leaves bear several different watermarks, some of which are European. One includes the date 1749. Very good condition.

Binding is Moroccan red leather wallet style. Covers have frames of two blind stamped double fillets with gilt stamped mandorlas in center. Envelope flap has gilt stamped mandorla; fore edge has single fillet.

Explicit:ولو ان النساغنين يوما عن المسلك الذكى كما غنيت لا صبح كل عطار فقير قليلا ما له ما يستبيت.

Colophon:تم الكتاب المبارك بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه وذلك نهار الخميس لست عشرة ليلة حلت من شعبان من شهور سنة الف وماية وسبعين من الهجرة لنبوية على مشرفها افضل صلاة وسلام وكل تحية والحمد لله رب العالمين.

Incipit:بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقتي. نسب عثمان رضي الله عنه هو عثمان بن عفان بن ابى العاص بن امية ...

Discovery Information

Subject

Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count

634

Institutional Information

Collection

Manuscripts of the Islamic World

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e80cc25a-6036-4308-87ee-7aec030ac0fd/manifest

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