Qq. 83 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Arabic poetry

1. ff. 3-98
Author: Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī, al-Ḥārith ibn Saʻīd, 932-968 ابو فراس الحمداني، الحارث بن سعيد بن حمدان
Title: Diwān Abī Firās al-Ḥārith ibn Saʻīd ibn Ḥamdān
Title: ديوان ابي فراس الحارث بن سعيد بن حمدان

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 424
2. ff. 100-170
Author: Abū al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī, 973-1057 ابو العلاء المعري
Title: Dīwān Abī al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī
Title: Saqṭ al-zand
Title: ديوان ابي العلاء المعري
Title: سقط الزند

Language(s): Arabic

References

no. 517

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: mainly European paper, some folios with coloured and others ornamented with leaf like imprints. The manuscript also contains folios of Oriental paper in random places.
Extent: 170 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12.2 cm.
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Layout

23 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Wakīl يوسف بن محمد بن الوكيل

History

Origin: 1110; 1698 CE 1109 AH; 1697 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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