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Another copy of this manuscript, copied from the author's copy completed in 1617 is in the Library of the University of Leiden, Or.23.974.
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DATED MONDAY 22 DHU AL-HIJJA 1077/15 JUNE 1667 AD
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MUHAMMAD BIN AL-GHYATH AL-ZAFIRI (D. AH 1035): KITAB MANAHIL AL-SAFIYA FI SHARH MA'ANI AL-SHAFIYA
DATED MONDAY 22 DHU AL-HIJJA 1077/15 JUNE 1667 AD
An early copy of this commentary of the author on Ibn al-Hajib's (d. 1249 AD) Kitab al-shafiya fi 'ilm al-tashrif, on language, followed by a work by Al-Jarabardi (d. 1345-46 AD) also on language, Arabic manuscript on paper, 250ff. as numbered, plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 27ll. of black naskh script, important words in red, others in larger black script, some highlighted in red, text within double red rules, copious added notes to first folios, marginal notes, catchwords, colophon dated, in Ottoman 18th century tooled brown morocco binding with flap
Text panel 8 ¼ x 4in. (20.9 x 10.1cm.); folio 11 ¼ x 6 ¼in. (28.6 x 16.3cm.)
DATED MONDAY 22 DHU AL-HIJJA 1077/15 JUNE 1667 AD
An early copy of this commentary of the author on Ibn al-Hajib's (d. 1249 AD) Kitab al-shafiya fi 'ilm al-tashrif, on language, followed by a work by Al-Jarabardi (d. 1345-46 AD) also on language, Arabic manuscript on paper, 250ff. as numbered, plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 27ll. of black naskh script, important words in red, others in larger black script, some highlighted in red, text within double red rules, copious added notes to first folios, marginal notes, catchwords, colophon dated, in Ottoman 18th century tooled brown morocco binding with flap
Text panel 8 ¼ x 4in. (20.9 x 10.1cm.); folio 11 ¼ x 6 ¼in. (28.6 x 16.3cm.)
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