U. 3 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: دیوان أبي فراس الحمداني The Diwán of Abú Firás al-Hamdání (b. 320/932; d. 357/968). See Brockel-
mann, 1, p. 89; Nicholson, op. laud., pp. 270 and 304. This MS., also acquired from the Belshah collection on Nov. 12, 1920, comprises
76 ff. of 22.8 x 15 c. and 17 ll. It is written in a good fairly modern naskh,
unvocalized, with rubrications, and has no date or colophon. The short prose
preface begins: قال ابو عبد الله الحسين بن محمد بن احمد بن خالويه من حلّ من الشرف السامي والفضل
النامي والكرم الداعى والأدب البارع والشجاعة المشهورة والسماحة الماثورة محل أبي فراس الحرث بن سعيد بن حمدون بن الحرث العدوى
mann, 1, p. 89; Nicholson, op. laud., pp. 270 and 304. This MS., also acquired from the Belshah collection on Nov. 12, 1920, comprises
76 ff. of 22.8 x 15 c. and 17 ll. It is written in a good fairly modern naskh,
unvocalized, with rubrications, and has no date or colophon. The short prose
preface begins: قال ابو عبد الله الحسين بن محمد بن احمد بن خالويه من حلّ من الشرف السامي والفضل
النامي والكرم الداعى والأدب البارع والشجاعة المشهورة والسماحة الماثورة محل أبي فراس الحرث بن سعيد بن حمدون بن الحرث العدوى
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 76
Dimensions: 22.8 × 15 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
Good fairly modern naskh, unvocalized, with rubrications
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Also acquired from the Belshahcollection on Nov. 12, 1920.
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.
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