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A collection of proverbs from pre-Islamic and Islamic times; sayings of prophets, kings, princes, poets and common people, Arabian and non-Arabian. Incomplete at the beginning.
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- Publisher
- Ramaḍān 1011 [February/March 1603]
- People
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- Author
- Thaʻālibī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad, 961 or 962-1037 or 1038
- ثعالي، عبد المل بن محمد، 961 or 962-1037 or 1038
- Related Name
- عريف، يحيى بن احمد، active 17th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 126H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of proverbs from pre-Islamic and Islamic times; sayings of prophets, kings, princes, poets and common people, Arabian and non-Arabian. Incomplete at the beginning.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- کتاب التمثيل والمحاضرة.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Tamthīl wa-al-muḥāḍarah.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 126H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cr56n963x
- Publisher
- Ramaḍān 1011 [February/March 1603]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1603
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 138 leaves : paper ; 203 x 140 (150 x 80) mm. bound to 203 x 141 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 944²⁷.
- Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 454.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, IV, p. 220.
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 186.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 138 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks ; writing on top and bottom edge unclear ; MS in good condition but several folios are worm-eaten and mended. Binding and some folios are loose.
- Layout: 15 lines per page.
- Marginal notes.
- Ms. codex.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Ramaḍān 1011 by Yaḥyá ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-ʻArīf (fol. 138b).
- Title from colophon (fol. 138b).
- Beginning: کافل المجد وکافي الخلق
- Colophon: فرغ من کتابته العبد المذنب الضعيف يحيى ابن احمد بن محمد العريف رحم الله من دعا له ولمالکه وللناظر فيه بالخير والحسنى وذلك نصف شهر رمضان المبارك من شهور سنة احد عشر بعد الالف هجرية نبوية على مهاجرها افضل الصلوات والحمد ... امين رب العالمين
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Endbands. Pastedowns of white paper with block-pressed design.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 290
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/91bde647-8f73-41ff-a954-1f2d13c987d7/manifest