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Second volume of a 10th-century dictionary of the Arabic language. Words are indexed by their last root letter, with this volume covering the letters zāʼ to lām. Marginal notes by a reader and proofreader. Later pastedown on inner cover has remedies written in Arabic and Persian.
Support: paper; Extent: 203 leaves : 269 x 172 (198 x 125) mm. bound to 269 x 180 mm
Written in 27 long lines.
Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.
Illuminated title page (f. 1r); rubrications in red, including headings, guide words and finding aids in the margins.
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 title page (f. 1r).
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.
Egypt or Syria
Item is undated, possibly copied in Egypt or Syria in the 14th century.
Repaired black leather, blind-stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces.
Arabic
Several effaced ownership stamps on title page (f. 1r) and last page verso (f. 203v).
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Nov. 2000.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Egypt or Syria
Item is undated, possibly copied in Egypt or Syria in the 14th century.
Arabic
Several effaced ownership stamps on title page
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Second volume of a 10th-century dictionary of the Arabic language. Words are indexed by their last root letter, with this volume covering the letters zāʼ to lām. Marginal notes by a reader and proofreader. Later pastedown on inner cover has remedies written in Arabic and Persian.
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.
Illuminated title page (f. 1r); rubrications in red, including headings, guide words and finding aids in the margins.
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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