COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader ArabicMS_537
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 537
Parent Work Title:
Kalilah wa Dimnah
Date Created:
1672 [1083 AH]
Description:
Contents: Ff. 1-21b: preface of Bahmud d. Sahran, including the story of the King of Daishalam and the philosopher Baidaba, and an account of the origin of the book. Ff. 21b-29: missions of Barzuwaih to India. Ff. 30-36b: Abab on the scope of the book by b. Mukaffa. Ff. 36b-49a: life of Barzuwaihh divided into two babs. Ff. 81a-94a: the trial of Dimnah. Ff. 94a-106b: the ring-dove. Ff. 106b-122b: the owls and the crows. Ff. 122b-126b: the ape and the tortoise. Ff. 126b-128b: the hermit and the weasel. Ff. 128b-131b: the rat and the cat. Ff. 131b-134b: the King and the bird Fatrah. Ff. 134b-139b: the lion and the jackal. Ff. 139b-150: story of Abrakht and the vizier Balar (sic). Ff. 150a-152a: the lioness and the horseman. Ff. 152a-153a: the hermit and his guest. Ff. 153a-156a: the goldsmith and the traveller. Ff. 156a-159b: the King's son and his companions. F. 159b, line 6: represents the end of the text. F. 160a: colophon. There are one hundred and thirteen illustrations. In the first half of the work almost all the illustrations has near it a seal, bearing the date 1748 [1162]. On the second fly-leaf an ode of Hafiz is copied. On the fly-leaves at the end, there are scraps of Persian and Turkish. Written in a large and clear Naskhi. Ff. 70-77 are supplied by a later hand and Ff. 77-78 have been misplaced after f. 85. Red rulings. Broad margins. Rubricated. Seventeen lines to the page.
Language Code:
ara
Language:
Arabic
Subject:
Arabic literature
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Item Height:
290 mm
Item Width:
200 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2013-11-19
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands