[al-Kāfiyah]

الكافية

Description

Main Author

Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar, 1175-1249.

Related Names

Hull, Helen R. (Helen Rose), 1888-1971, former owner.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Arabic

Published

1581.

Subjects

Manuscripts, Arabic.
Arabic language > Arabic language / Grammar.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Manuscripts, Arabic / New York (State) > Manuscripts, Arabic / New York (State) / New York.
Arabic language > Arabic language / Grammar > Arabic language / Grammar / Early works to 1800.
New York (State) > New York (State) / New York.
Annotations (Provenance)
Stamps (Provenance)
Early works.
Illuminations (painting)
Manuscripts (documents)
Codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

Book on Arabic grammar.

Note

Shelfmark: MS Or 448.
Four stamps and an owner's note, mostly scrubbed (f. 1r); notations and calculations in ink (flyleaves i-iii at front of book).
Origin: Copy completed at the end of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 988 A.H. (f. 90v).
Decoration: Blue and gold headpiece (f. 1v); rubrications in red; border-rules and page-opening frame-rule in red.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq, with strong elements of naskh in black ink; pointed.
Layout: 7 long lines; border-ruled.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript codex.

Physical Description

iv, 90, ii leaves : paper, illuminations ; 142 x 87 (82 x 46) mm, bound to 142 x 85 mm

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