ms. 47284 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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Summary of Contents: 2 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Mawwāl, Folk poetry, Arabic poetry, and Arabic proverbs
1.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Mawwālāt
Title: موالات

218 stanzas of Colloquial Egyptian poetry accompanied by an Italian translation as far as stanza 128

Incipit: * خذ حرف اثنين يا من قد تريد وسمى ميتين واثنين فوق الحرف واستسمى

Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue Gacek no.29
2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Amthāl
Title: امثال

A collection of proverbs

Incipit: سنة الخرا اربعة وعشرين شهر ... تروح سنين الخرا وتبقى معايرها

Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue Gacek no.29

Physical Description

Form: codex
3a-80a f. 82b-85a f.
Dimensions (leaf): 21.5 × 16 cm.
Dimensions (written): 13.5 × 11.5 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Neat naskhi hand

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Major C. J. Murray

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Mawwāl
  • Folk poetry, Arabic
  • Arabic poetry--Egypt
  • Arabic proverbs

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