[Kitāb al-Siyāsah fī tadbīr al-riyāsah]; [كتاب السياسة في تدبير الرياسة]

Alternate Title:

Siyāsah fī tadbīr al-riyāsah

Contributor:

Aristotle (attributed name)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1394

Description:

Popular treatise presented as a letter from Aristotle to Alexander the Great on statecraft, astronomy, astrology, magic, and medicine.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Christie's, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 23, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs456.html

Subject:

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.; Islamic magic; Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. In literature; Education of princes -- Early works to 1800; Education of princes; Kings and rulers -- Duties -- Early works to 1800; Kings and rulers -- Duties; Political ethics -- Early works to 1800; Political ethics; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Islamic magic -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Medieval; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

22 leaves : paper; 256 x 186 (190 x 130) mm bound to 256 x 202 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Pagination: Paper, i (19th-century?) + 22 + i (19th-century?) leaves; [169-212], modern pagination in ink, upper center.; Layout: Written in 15 long lines.; Script: Written in neat maghribī script; pointed and vocalized.; Decoration: Rubrications in red and blue.; Binding: 19th-century red leather with flap (Type II); blind stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis; blind tooled frame and border; blue paper doublure with yellow and black painted flower pattern.; Origin: Copy completed in A.H. 797 (1394; colophon, f. 22r); perhaps produced in Andalusia.; Watermark: Curved horn with a rope looped between the two ends, centrally placed.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 456

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)