Sharḥ Mukhtaṣar ʻalá Alfīyat Ibn Mālik; شرح مختصر على ألفية ابن مالك

Contributor:

Jastrow, Marcus, 1829-1903 (former owner); Jastrow, Morris, Jr., 1861-1921 (former owner)

Name:

Makkūdī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, -1404 or 1405; Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1274

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1700

Description:

Abridged commentary on a work of grammar by Ibn Mālik known as the Alfīyah.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Marcus Jastrow and Morris Jastrow, Jr.; Accessioned, 1934.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex23.html

Subject:

Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1274. Alfīyah; Arabic language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800; Arabic language -- Grammar

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic -- 18th century; Codices (bound manuscripts); Commentaries; Tables (documents); Onlays; Envelope flaps (features)

Physical Description:

168 leaves : paper, illustrations; 205 x 150 (150 x 100) mm bound to 203 x 160 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from introduction (f. 1r).; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: 25-27 long lines.; Script: Written in maghribi script in brown ink by at least two different hands; pointed, unvocalized.; Decoration: Rubrications in red. One table (f. 72v).; Binding: The body of the book is completely detached from the leather cover. This cover does not appear ever to have been bound onto the book, but is wrapped around it to give the appearance of a bound volume. The covers are brown leather with flap (Type II) with blind tooled frames and edging around a blind stamped red onlay central mandorla on front, back, and flap. Foredge hinge doublure is red leather.; Origin: The item is not dated, but likely copied in the 18th century, probably in North Africa.; Watermarks: Centrally positioned, cross inside pointed oval with vegetal motifs on either side over the initial C in a circle over another circle.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 23