J. 1 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: يتيمة الدهر للثعالبي The second volume of ath-Tha'álibi's well-known biographies of the post-
classical Arabic poets entitled Yatimatu d-Dahr, of which the text has been printed
in four volumes at Damascus in 1304/1886-7. See Brockelmann's Gesch. d. Arab.
Litt., vol. 1, p. 284, and references there given. This MS., bought of Messrs Luzac for 30s. on May 25, 1911, contains the poets
of the Buwayhid period. It comprises 188 ff. of 23'6 x 16 c. and 21 ll., and is written
in a clear naskh with rubrications. It was copied by 'Alí Amín al-Yázají of
Constantinople for a lady called Mína or Munira Hánum (ls for), and was
completed on the 20th of Rabí' II, 1272/Dec. 30, 1855-
classical Arabic poets entitled Yatimatu d-Dahr, of which the text has been printed
in four volumes at Damascus in 1304/1886-7. See Brockelmann's Gesch. d. Arab.
Litt., vol. 1, p. 284, and references there given. This MS., bought of Messrs Luzac for 30s. on May 25, 1911, contains the poets
of the Buwayhid period. It comprises 188 ff. of 23'6 x 16 c. and 21 ll., and is written
in a clear naskh with rubrications. It was copied by 'Alí Amín al-Yázají of
Constantinople for a lady called Mína or Munira Hánum (ls for), and was
completed on the 20th of Rabí' II, 1272/Dec. 30, 1855-
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 188
Dimensions: 23.6 × 16 cm.
Layout
21 lines
Hand(s)
A clear naskh with rubrications
History
Origin: 1272 AH; 1855 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS., bought of Messrs Luzac for 30s. on May 25, 1911.
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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