Islamic Arabic 809 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Al-jawāhir wa-al-durar al-kubrá by Shaʿrānī, ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, ca. 1493-1565 or 1566
Title: الجواهر والدرر الكبرى
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 741
GAL II 335-8, esp. no. 23a
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 215 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 14.8 × 10.5 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Foliation:
Layout
17 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in Naskhī by Yūsuf ibn ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn al-Sammān under the supervision of Ḥusayn ibn al-Naṣībī; red headings. Fol. 117-122 by another hand
Decoration
History
Origin: Dated Tuesday 20th Shaʿbān 1034 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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