MS McClean 189 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
The Fitzwilliam Museum
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
Language(s): Arabic
References
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)
Decoration
There is a decorated frontispiece in gold, blue and polichrome scrolls. A decorative heading is found at the beginning of the text.
History
Origin: 16th century CE
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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