(Q13773)
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Tarjīʻ al-aṭyār bi-muraqqiṣ al-ashʻār /
ترجيع الاطيار بمرقص الاشعار /
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Ānisī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyá, 1754 or 1755-1834 or 1835
آنسي، عبد الرحمن بن يحيى، 1754 or 1755-1834 or 1835
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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between 1849 and 1872?
19. century
1849
1872
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Extent: 290 leaves : paper ; 223 x 159 (180 x 130) mm bound to 230 x 157 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. 290 ; catchwords in red ink ; between fol. 139 and 140 are 8 blank folios ; between fol. 177 and 179 are 2 blank folios ; between fol. 279 and 280 are two blank folios ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
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Description: Written in Fārisī and other scripts ; headings and verse separators in red and yellow ink ; MS in fair condition, binding partially detached from text block ; title page oriented upside-down to remainder of text.
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Layout: 14-27 lines per page. Number of columns varies ; text runs parallel with back of cover.
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Marginal glosses. On folio 164 is a poem by ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-ʻĪsá written on a chess-board and readable only by following the movement of the ʻʻknightʼʼ in the game. Title page has a statement that the poetical works of ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyá al-Ānisī were originally compiled by his son Muḥammed, and on folio 53 we learn that the son died before the father.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from title page (fol. 1a).
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Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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