R.13.43 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)
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3 works on poetry, grammar and astronomy
1. ff. 1-91A series of elegant extracts from Arabic dīwāns , with notices of their authors.
The book is divided into an introduction, twenty-six chapters arranged according to the letters of the alphabet, and a khātimah .
The last part of the book is missing.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي أشرق شمس البلاغة على من اصطفاه وأطلق عنان الفصاحة في ميدان البيان لمن ارتضاه وأشهد أنه لا إلاه إلا اللهLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
2. ff. 92-111Title: Kitāb ʿUqūd al-jawāhirTitle: كتاب عقود الجواهرA treatise on syntax in Arabic verse, followed by a prose version for less advanced students.
The work is divided into fifteen chapters, each consisting of a qaṣīdah , illustrative of some grammatical rule.
Incipit: حامد الله على تواتر آلايه وتقاطر نعمائه حمداً لا انتهاء لعدده ولا انقضاء لمجدهExplicit: فحمداً ثم حمداً ثم حمداً لخالقنا المعين لكل عاني والحمد لله رب العالمين||Language(s): ArabicReferences
3. ff. 112-211Title: تسهيل الصالحي في جامع أصول الالوغ بيگيA commentary on the astonomical tables of Ulugh Beg, d. 1394-1449.
The tables have been copied in, and blank pages left for the explanation. These have, however, never been filled in.
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: thick paperExtent: 211 ff.Hand(s)
Arabic Naskh
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History
Origin: 16th centuryRecord Sources
"Manuscript description based on "E. G. Browne: A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1922", and "E.H. Palmer A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, London 1870".Availability
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