Islamic Arabic 200 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Sirr al-adab fī majārī kalām al-ʿArab by Thaʿālibī, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad, 961 or 962-1037 or 1038
Six leaves are missing between fol. 77 and 88
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 1654
GAL I 284-6, no.3; Suppl. I 499
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 100 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 24.4 × 16.3 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
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Layout
19 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in a fine old Naskh of the 14th century; fol. 1-10 and fol. 98-100) have been supplied by a later, probably 17th century, hand; much vocalization; headings in thick black.
Decoration
History
Origin: Undated, probably 14th century CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.
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