U. 1 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: المعلقات السبع The Seven Mu'allaqát (of Imru'u'l-Qays, Zuhayr, Tarafa, Labid, 'Antara, 'Amr ibn Kulthúm, and al-Hárith ibn Hilliza) and the qasida of Khálid ibn Şafwán al-Qannás This MS., acquired in the final division of the Belshah collection, comprises 76 ff. of 21 x 15'5 c. and 17 ll., and is written in an indifferent though legible naskh of no great antiquity with rubrications. It is undated, nor does the copyist give his name, but only says at the end of the last qaşida that it was one of the things he read with his "righteous and martyred Master and Brother Sayfu'd-Din Yusuf ibn Muhammad al-'Alawi al-Husayní." A Table of Contents has been prefixed by Mírzá Bihrúz.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 76
Dimensions: 21 × 15.5 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
Indifferent though legible naskh with rubrications.
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Acquired in the final division of the Belshahcollection.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
Availability
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact Cambridge University Library Admissions). Contact near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript
Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Please fill out your details.