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Kitāb Kawkab al-Rawḍah /
كتاب كوكب الروضة /
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Suyūṭī, 1445-1505
سيوطي، 1445-1505
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Autographs (Provenance)
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Cairo (Egypt)--History--Early works to 1800
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Nile River--History--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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Rawdah Island (Egypt)--History--Early works to 1800
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not after 1576
15. century
16. century
1470Gregorian
1576Gregorian
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Extent: (1), 132 leaves : paper ; 260 x 180 (210 x 130) mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 132 ; catchwords ; foliated in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
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Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; MS in fair condition but some folios are worm-eaten.
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Layout: 27 lines per page.
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Marginal notes and glosses. Evidently the last folio is by a later hand. On the folio preceding the title page is a poem by Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Maḥmūd al-Tāwikhī(?) and some other additions. On the page after the colophon and on the folio following occur two verses of poetry in praise of the book, a statement by the author that he composed this work 875 1470, and several...
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Ms. codex.
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Title from title page (fol. 1a).
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The title page carries a large number of ownership signatures, some partially erased or overlapping. They include: H? al-Sulṭān dated 984, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Maʻarrī, one dated 1030, another dated 1095. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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