Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

RAS Arabic 43 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Arabic Manuscripts

Contents

1 copy of Kalīlah wa-Dimnah bi-shiʻr-i ʻArabī by Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, d. ca. 760

Translator: Anonymous
Incipit: قال حكيم لعرب العباسي اني تأملت كلام الناس فلم اجد لعرب ولعجم مثل الذي للهند من عز الحكم
Explicit: قد كان الفراغ من زبر هذا الكتاب كليلة ودمنة يوم الثاني من شهر جمادى الاول نهار الربوع 1238 هجرة على صاحبها...جناب جان رومر صاحب...في بلد المبارك بندر سرة...بخط الفقير الايتمعزتعلي ولد امير الدين بن عبد الكريم||

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 121 f.
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written): 12 × 8.25 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskh script

History

Origin: 1822 AH

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by John Romer Gregorian

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