Islamic Arabic 384 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
An anthology in prose and verse on human needs, characteristics, passions.
The manuscript contains part two of the work, beginning at juzʾ12.
The end is missing, breaking off in juzʾ 22.
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 1718
GAL I 289, no. 1; Suppl. I 505
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 160 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 25.9 × 19.5 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
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Layout
21 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in informal Naskh of perhaps the 17th or 18th century; black headings; some glosses in the margins.
Decoration
History
Origin: Undated, probably 17th or 18th 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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