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The famous book Kalīlah wa-Dimnah, which is a translation, into Arabic from Pahlavi, of fables which are adaptations of the Indian tales of the Panchatantra originally brought from India in the time of Chosroes I.
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- Publisher
- 28 Ṣafar 1154 [May 15, 1741?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 17L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
The famous book Kalīlah wa-Dimnah, which is a translation, into Arabic from Pahlavi, of fables which are adaptations of the Indian tales of the Panchatantra originally brought from India in the time of Chosroes I.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هذا كتاب مقدمة كليلة ودمنة.
- Transliterated Title
- Hādhā Kitāb Muqaddimat Kalīlah wa-Dimnah.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 17L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpg15bs72n
- Publisher
- 28 Ṣafar 1154 [May 15, 1741?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1741
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 159 leaves : paper ; 204 x 155 (135 x 72) mm bound to 205 x 160 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 177.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Collation: Paper fol. 159 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition but worm-eaten.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed Saturday 28 Ṣafar 1154 (fol. 159b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقتى الحمد لله المنعم بفضله ونعمه علي كافة خلقه ... وبعد فهذه مقدمة كتاب كليلة ودمنه قدمها بهنود ابن اسحاق ...
- Colophon: تسليما كثيرا الي يوم الدين ؟ كتاب كليله ودمنه يوم السبت ثامن عشرين صفر من شهور سنه 1154 على صاحبها السلام
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in light brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled decorative edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Burghundy paper cutout design pasted on the inner edge of yellow paper pastedowns. Spine in poor condition.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 332
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/fbd64aaf-c422-4973-a9ac-5b362408844b/manifest