MS McClean 189 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: A copy of Kitab al-Qala'id wa al-Fawa'id by (Abu 'Ali al-Hasan b. 'Ali b. Ibrahim b. Yazdad b. Hormuz) al-Ahwazi

Title: Kitab al-Qala'id wa al-Fawa'id

Title: کتاب القلائد و الفوائد للاهوازئ

Author: al-Ahwazi, Abu 'Ali al-Hasan b. 'Ali b. Ibrahim b. Yazdad b. Hormuz

Language(s): Arabic

References

MS McClean 189

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: 78 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 122 mm.

Dimensions (written): 104 × 60 mm.

Layout

The text is vocalised, and set within gold borders, 7 lines to a page.

Hand(s)

Husayn b. Bahram

Decoration

There is a decorated frontispiece in gold, blue and polichrome scrolls. A decorative heading is found at the beginning of the text.

Seal(s):

History

Origin: 16th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequeathed by Mr Frank McClean in 1904.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on James Montague Rhodes "A Descriptive Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum", Cambridge University Press, 1912; with corrections and additions supplied by Marcus Fraser and Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti.

Availability

The manuscript can be consulted in the Graham Robertson Study room at The Fitzwilliam Museum, on an appointment only basis. To request an appointment, please email collections@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk citing the manuscript number.

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