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A collection of discourses, wise sayings and proverbs on good government, divided into 8 divisions: (1) good policy, (2) virtue in knowledge and action, (3) elements which aid in religious devotion and worship, (4) aids to the discipline of the tongue, (5) self discipline, (6) good conduct, (7) good behavior, and (8) aids to eloquence.
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- Publisher
- [not after 1727]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 149H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of discourses, wise sayings and proverbs on good government, divided into 8 divisions: (1) good policy, (2) virtue in knowledge and action, (3) elements which aid in religious devotion and worship, (4) aids to the discipline of the tongue, (5) self discipline, (6) good conduct, (7) good behavior, and (8) aids to eloquence.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- کتاب يتيمة الدهر.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb Yatīmat al-dahr.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 149H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc76537998q
- Publisher
- [not after 1727]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1727
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 41 leaves : paper ; 198 x 137 (150 x 85) mm. bound to 198 x 140 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership autographs include: Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥamawī 1140, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ḥamawī ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥamawī 1159, Muḥammad ibn [obscured] al-Ḥamawī [11]82 ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Faraḥ[?] 1187, and a reading statement[?] dated 1153. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 217.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 41 ; catchwords ; foliated in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue and red with double frame in blue and red. (fol. 1b)
- Description: Written in good naskhi ; full vowel signs ; rubricated ; verse separators in red ; watermarks (crown) ; MS in good condition.
- Layout: 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Marginal notes. On title page and on inside of front cover are numerous additions and autographs of owners. On inside of back cover occur a magical table and some smeared writing dated 1158.
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Colophon: تم کتاب يتيمة الدهر والحمد لله على اتمامه والثناء على توفيقه وانعامه والصلاة على محمد واله خير انامه
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. قال الوزير السيد ابو الحسين بن احمد بن الحسن بن علي
- Binding Note
- Later? type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and tooled edging on both covers and flap. Multi-colored endbands. Binding has been mended.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 93
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2144b655-0ff1-4745-8b16-1af2ba1b056b/manifest