Qq. 83 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Arabic poetry
1. ff. 3-98
Language(s): Arabic
References
2. ff. 100-170
Title: Saqṭ al-zand
Title: ديوان ابي العلاء المعري
Title: سقط الزند
Language(s): Arabic
References
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.
Dimensions (written):
Layout
23 lines per page.
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.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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