Qq. 123 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Arabic poetry

1.
Author: Nashwān ibn Saʻīd al-Ḥimyarī, d. 1178? نشوان بن سعيد الحميري
Title: Khulāṣat siyar al-jāmiʻah li-ʻajāʼib akhbār al-mulūk al-tabābiʻah
Title: Qaṣīdah ḥimyarīyah
Title: خلاصة السير لجماعة اخبار الملوك التبابعة
Title: قصيدة حميرية

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 348
2.
Author: anonymous
Title: Commentary on the Qaṣīdah Ḥimyarīyah

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 348

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 87 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.4 × 14.9 cm.
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Layout

20 lines per page.

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History

Origin: 1132 AH; 1719 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of J.L. Burckhardt (1784-1817) in 1819.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900. abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.

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JISC

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