(Q63589)
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Kitāb al-Alfīyah fī ʻilm al-ʻArabīyah /
كتاب الالفية في علم العربية /
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Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1274
ابن مالك، محمد بن عبد الله، -1274
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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Manuscripts, Arabic--15th century
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Arabic language--Grammar--Early works to 1800
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15th century
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 50 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 262 x 176 (121 x 171) mm. bound to 262 x 176 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Full page Mamluk illumination (title page) with a title of the work (black, gold and blue inks) and the name of its author in medallion below it.
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European [?] unglazed paper of yellowish-gray color is restored with paper inserts after damage by worms. Only the paper of flyleaves (European verger) has watermark, three crescents in a row (fol. 01) and countermark (capital "W" in heraldic [?] surrounding, fol. 001).
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Collation: 50 fol. total, 10[?] fol. each quire, leaves are misaligned due uneven stitching at rebinding. 11 lines per page constantly; each verse is numbered by later hand below the line separator, totaling 1000 lines per manuscript; in misṭarah each line is 19 mm. high, its vertical and horizontal lines are clearly visible on fol. 21a, 31a.
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Script is medium, ordinary naskh. The text, marginalia, and corrections are in black ink. Vocalization mainly in black, occasionally in red and blue inks. Chapter headings and separators are in red ink. Interline abbreviations and some of the commentaries are made by fountain pen in blue and black inks. Sloping catchwords (verso) written in black ink, naskh. Pagination made by pencil in the...
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Anonymous prayer (inner side of the lower cover, 4 lines in small naskh).
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Binding is loose. Excessive staining due to water damage that suffuse through the manuscript, which, nevertheless, does not affect readability of the text.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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