al-Mukhṭār min Rawḍ al-azhār lil-shaykh Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Kutubī. Kitāb al-Ḥuṣn al-ṣarīḥ fī miʼat malīḥ.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
Malaṭyah, [1371-1452]
Description
84 leaves: paper ; 163 x 125 (120-125 x 93-98) mm. bound to 168 x 136 mm.

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    Summary note
    Collection of two compilations of verses of poetry.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title provided by cataloger.
    • On fol. 1a-3a: Short verses of poetry; title (al-Mukhṭār); ownership statements; reading statements. On fol. 59a-b: Inscriptions and short texts. On fol. 60a: Title page (al-Ḥuṣn al-ṣarīḥ); ownership statements. On fol. 84b: Several inscriptions. Fol. 1-2 are later fly-leaves (glazed (European?) paper). Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • According to the colophons, the first text was copied in Shaʻbān 856 (fol. 58b) and the second text in Malaṭyah in Rabīʻ al-Awwal 773 by Ḥamīd ibn Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad al-Khwārizmī (fol. 83a).
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1b-58b: al-Mukhṭār min Rawḍ al-azhār lil-shaykh Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Kutubī.
    • 2. fol. 60a-84a: Kitāb al-Ḥuṣn al-ṣarīḥ fī miʼat malīḥ / [Khalīl ibn Aybak al-Ṣafadī].
    Provenance
    Ownership statements and reading statements on fol. 1a-3a, 60a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Mach, R. Yahuda, 4245, 4247
    OCLC
    70259442
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