Islamic Arabic 334 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

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3 works by 3 authors on the subject of Muḥammad

1. ff. 1v-20v
Author: Ibn Ḥajar al-Haythamī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1503-ca. 1566 ابن حجر الهيثمي، احمد ابن محمد
Title: Mawlid al-nabī
Title: مولد النبي

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1866
GAL II 387-9, no.29
2. ff. 21v-61v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Burāʿī عبد الرحيم البراعي
Title: Mawlid al-qaddūs
Title: مولد القدوس

Author and title added by a different hand.

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1859
GAL I 259; Suppl. I 459
3. ff. 62r-83v
Author: Bakrī, Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd Allāh Abū al-Ḥasan al-Bakrī, lived before 694/1295 البكري، ابو الحسن بن عبد الله
Title: The history of the marriage of ʿAbd Allah, the father of the Prophet, and of what happened to him with the Jews

Propbably an extract from one of the several works attributed to Bakrī

Incipit: قصة زواج عبدالله و ما جرى له مع اليهود كما ذكره ابوا الحسن البكري في سيرته نسب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم و ذلك ان ابد الله لما كبر و بلغ مبالغ الرجال

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1860
GAL II 362; Suppl. I 459

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 83 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 21.1 × 15.4 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation: Contemporary foliation in black ink in Eastern Arabic numerals, top centre recto and verso. Pages of parts 2 and 3 (ff. 21r-83v) numbered separately. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.
Foliation: Modern foliation in Western Arabic numerals in pencil, top left recto.

Condition

Good. Slight water damage to outer binding.

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskh script, black ink Copyist ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Yakhnī

Decoration

Red headings.

Frontispiece with ornamental patterns in black, orange and gold on ff. 1v-3 and ff. 21v-22r.

Headpiece with rough geometrical design in gold and purple on fol. 62r

Framing lines in black and gold.

Large gold dots separate the sentences.

Additions:
  • Orthography Fully vowelled

Binding

Green paper on pasteboards for upper and lower covers, and envelope flap. Brown leather spine and fore-edge flap. Inside of envelope and fore-edge flap covered with marbled paper doublures.

History

Origin: Dated night of ʿAshūrāʾ 1295 AH Dated end of Dhū al-Ḥijja 1294 AH Dated end of Dhū al-Ḥijja 1294 AH

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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