C. 13 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: نسمة السحر بذكر من تشيع وشعر (جلد ) Notices of Shi'a poets who wrote in Arabic, by Yusuf ibn Yahyà al-Yamaní
aş-Şan'ání, compiled in 1111/1700. See Brockelmann, vol. II, p. 403, and Ahlwardt's
Berlin Arabic Catalogue, vol. VI, pp. 502-503, No. 7423. This MS. contains only
the second half of the work, beginning with the letter b. Ff. 210 of 30'8 x 21 c. and 25 ll.; coarse but legible naskh; dated 6 Jumádà II,
1324/July 28, 1906. One of the Belshah MSS. bought in the spring of 1920.
aş-Şan'ání, compiled in 1111/1700. See Brockelmann, vol. II, p. 403, and Ahlwardt's
Berlin Arabic Catalogue, vol. VI, pp. 502-503, No. 7423. This MS. contains only
the second half of the work, beginning with the letter b. Ff. 210 of 30'8 x 21 c. and 25 ll.; coarse but legible naskh; dated 6 Jumádà II,
1324/July 28, 1906. One of the Belshah MSS. bought in the spring of 1920.
The manuscript contains only the second part of the work, beginning with the letter ط.
Title: نسمة السحر بذكر من تشيع وشعر
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 210
Dimensions: 30.8 × 21 cm.
Layout
25 lines
Hand(s)
coarse but legible naskh
History
Origin: 1324 AH; 1906 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
One of the Belshah MSS. bought in the spring of 1920.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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