Islamic Arabic 628 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Mingana

1 copy of Work on the use of bow and arrow and on horse-riding

Title: Work on the use of bow and arrow and on horse-riding

Incipit: الحمد الله العدل حكمه الشامل علمه القاهر سلطانه ... اما بعد فان الله تعالي حيث فرض علينا رمى النشّاب الجزيل الثواب وارتباط الخيل

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 1986

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 123 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 27.3 × 18.4 cm.

Dimensions (written):

Foliation:

Layout

Hand(s)

Written in Naskhī of probably the 17th century Several folios supplied by a later hand

Decoration

Red headings.

Additions:

Marginalia Many marginal and interlinear glosses.

History

Origin: Undated, probably 17th 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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World