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Manuscript/Mixed Material Matn al-Shāfiyah متن الشافية

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Title

  • Matn al-Shāfiyah

Other Title

  • متن الشافية

Summary

  • Early treatise on Arabic morphology.

Names

  • Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar, 1175-1249
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [early 18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Arabic language--Morphology--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; very light tan color laid paper with faint horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; text of fol. 1b and 2a only enclosed in a ruled border of a very thin black and a wider gold line; black ink with rubrication and overlining; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 11 lines in written area 11.5 x 5.7 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-42b.
  • -  "H-1265 = 6.149."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 6-149.
  • -  Binding; brown quarter leather with brown grain sides; former owner's name at base of spine.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GI, p. 305/II
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Incipit: الحمد لله رب العلمين وصلى لله على سيدنا محمد جاتم النبيين وعلى آله وصحبه اجمعين. فقد سالنى من لا يسعنى محالفته ان الحق بمقدمتى فى الاعراب مقدمة فى التصريف على نحوها ومقدمة فى الخط ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله. تم.

Medium

  • 42 leaves (11 lines), paper : bound ; 18.3 x 12.8 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PJ6131 .I214 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017454728

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Ibn Al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān Ibn ʻUmar, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Matn al-Shāfiyah. [Early 18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017454728/.

APA citation style:

Ibn Al-Ḥājib, ʻ. I. ʻ., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Matn al-Shāfiyah. [Early 18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017454728/.

MLA citation style:

Ibn Al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān Ibn ʻUmar, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Matn al-Shāfiyah. [Early 18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017454728/>.