Arabic MS 24 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 305 foliosDimensions (leaf): 243 × 174 mm.History
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly part of the collection of the Persian scholar Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865). Bland’s oriental manuscripts were sold through Bernard Quaritch in 1866 to Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Arabic MS 24A
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Second part of the Dīwān of Ṣafī al-Dīn al-Ḥillī
pages 1-479Incipit: الجزء الثانى من ديوان الشيخ ... صفي الدين الحلي رحمه الله قال متغزلا بمحبوب له بالحلة وكان وعده ان يسافر معه الخLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue No. Arabic MS 474A [24A]History
Origin: circa 1360 CEArabic MS 24B
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A treatise which explains and illustrates newer forms of verse of al-Ḥillī
pages 483-593Title: العاطل الحالي والمرخص الغاليLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue No. Arabic MS 474B [24B]History
Origin: circa 1360 CEArabic MS 24C
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Four poems of al-Ḥillī
pages 594-610Incipit: قال فى مرامى حماة ومروجها واصناف الطيور والمرارى والرماة ويعرض بذكر سلطانهاLanguage(s): ArabicReferences
Catalogue No. Arabic MS 474C [24C]History
Origin: circa 1360 CEAdditional Information
Record Sources
Catalogue information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934.Availability
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