X. 3 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: جوامع الحكايات ولوامع الروايات قسم أول. The First of the Four Parts of the celebrated collection of anecdotes compiled
in 625/1228 by Muhammad 'Awfi. For a full account of the author and his work
see Introduction to the Jawámi'u'l-Hikáyát by Dr Muhammad Nizamu'd-Din
(E. J. W. Gibb Memorial, New Series, vol. VIII). The present MS., which is
designated as X and numbered 28 in Dr Nizamu'd-Din's descriptive list of the
MSS. of the Jawámi, is characterized by him (op. cit., p. 122) as modern and
unreliable. It contains 967 anecdotes. Begins: شکر و سپاس بی قیاس که مقاطع اوهام انسان از مطالع آن نشان ندهد Ff. 396 of 28,6 x 19,5 c. and 19 ll. Nasta'liq, no date; probably written in
Turkey in the 18th century. Bought of J. J. Naaman, April 12, 1901.
in 625/1228 by Muhammad 'Awfi. For a full account of the author and his work
see Introduction to the Jawámi'u'l-Hikáyát by Dr Muhammad Nizamu'd-Din
(E. J. W. Gibb Memorial, New Series, vol. VIII). The present MS., which is
designated as X and numbered 28 in Dr Nizamu'd-Din's descriptive list of the
MSS. of the Jawámi, is characterized by him (op. cit., p. 122) as modern and
unreliable. It contains 967 anecdotes. Begins: شکر و سپاس بی قیاس که مقاطع اوهام انسان از مطالع آن نشان ندهد Ff. 396 of 28,6 x 19,5 c. and 19 ll. Nasta'liq, no date; probably written in
Turkey in the 18th century. Bought of J. J. Naaman, April 12, 1901.
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 396
Dimensions: 28.6 × 19.5 cm.
Layout
19 lines
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq
History
Origin: Undated, 12th century AH; Undated, 18th century CE
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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