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Dictionary of the Arabic language originally compiled between 1368 and 1392. Words are indexed by their last root letter and have brief definitions. Frequent marginal notes.
Support: paper; Extent: 480 leaves : 232 x 160 (172 x 112) mm. bound to 235 x 178 mm
Written in 33-34 long lines; border-ruled.
Written in naskh, some headings in thuluth.
Fully illuminated title page in polychrome and gold with floral motifs and title in central medallion (shamsa) (f. 1r); chapter headings in gold ink with illuminated panels and floral ornaments (f. 2r, for example); illuminated floral finispiece (f. 480r); significant words in red, blue, or gold ink; textblock borer-ruled in gold.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Ms. codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Notes and stamps of ownership on last flyleaf recto.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Iran?
The item is undated and the scribe is not named; possibly produced in Iran in the last 14th or early 15th centuries.
Bound in reddish leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II), gilt-stamped center medallion with two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces; leather doublure with central quatrefoil medallion and two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces all in blue and green with black filigree overlay and gold tooling. The filigree is damaged or missing on most of the ornaments.
Arabic
Formerly owned by Ibrāhīm al-Shakūrī in 1110 A.H. (1698 or 1699) (stamp and note, f. 21r)
Purchased by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Qurrā at the end of the month of Shawwāl 1155 A.H. (December, 1742) (note, last flyleaf recto).
Given by Muḥammad Ṣābir to Muḥammad ibn al-Shaykh Ṣibʻah? al-Shāfiʻī and his descendents in [1]257 A.H. (1841) (waqf note and stamps f. 480v)
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), cat. 22 (July 2000), no. 63, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Iran?
The item is undated and the scribe is not named; possibly produced in Iran in the last 14th or early 15th centuries.
Arabic
Formerly owned by Ibrāhīm al-Shakūrī in 1110 A.H.
Purchased by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Qurrā at the end of the month of Shawwāl 1155 A.H.
Given by Muḥammad Ṣābir to Muḥammad ibn al-Shaykh Ṣibʻah? al-Shāfiʻī and his descendents in [1]257 A.H.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Dictionary of the Arabic language originally compiled between 1368 and 1392. Words are indexed by their last root letter and have brief definitions. Frequent marginal notes.
Ms. codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Notes and stamps of ownership on last flyleaf recto.
Written in naskh, some headings in thuluth.
Fully illuminated title page in polychrome and gold with floral motifs and title in central medallion (shamsa) (f. 1r); chapter headings in gold ink with illuminated panels and floral ornaments (f. 2r, for example); illuminated floral finispiece (f. 480r); significant words in red, blue, or gold ink; textblock borer-ruled in gold.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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