Dīwān /

ديوان /

A collection of original poems of eulogy and love arranged in alphabetical order of their rhyme

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ibn Abī Numayy, Aḥmad ibn Masʻūd, -1632 or 1633 (Author)
Corporate Author: Princeton University Library
Other Authors: Udkāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1692 or 1693-1770 or 1771 (Scribe)
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:Arabic
Subjects:
Description
Summary:A collection of original poems of eulogy and love arranged in alphabetical order of their rhyme
Item Description:Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 43 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals
Description: Headings and line markers in red ; MS in good condition but several folios are worm-eaten and mended
Layout: 19 lines per page with separation between hemistitches
Marginal notes. On folio 38 is a statement by a later hand that the dīwān ends there. On last five folios are several poems by the author, not included in the dīwān, and by others. On title page occur a numerical table, and some additional writing, most of which is defaced
Ms. codex
Origin: According to colophon copied Thursday 15 Rabīʻ II 1125 by ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Salāmah al-Muʼadhdhin al-Udkāwī (fol. 43b)
Title from title page (fol. 1a)
Physical Description:43 leaves : paper ; 201 x 137 (140 x 95) mm. bound to 210 x 145 mm
Also available in an electronic version