Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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-

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.

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