RSPA 110 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Mixed Contents
Contents
1 copy of شعر المتلمس by al-Mutalammis; 1 copy of al-Muʿallaqāt bi-sharḥ farsī
Language(s): Arabic & Persian
This part is signed by Jones's regular Arabic scribe, al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh al-Makkī.
The poems are written out in large nastaʿlīq script on the page with the Persian gloss written transversely around the poems in geometric patterns.
Physical Description
European numerals in pencil.
Condition
The manuscript is in very good condition.
Layout
Layout is variable depending on the part.
Hand(s)
The first half is copied out by al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh al-Makkī in his black and red thuluth script. The second part is in nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
On f1r, Jones has written "The Poems of al-Mutalammis" and on f20v "The Seven Arabian Poems with a Persian Gloss"
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
History
Provenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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