Isma'il bin Hammad al-Jawhari ( d.AH 393/1002 AD): Kitab al-Sihah fi al-Lugha

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Isma'il bin Hammad al-Jawhari ( d.AH 393/1002 AD): Kitab al-Sihah fi al-Lugha
Persia, Rajab AH 517/1123 AD

Arabic lexicon, manuscript on paper, 372ff. each with 40ll. of strong black naskh, occasional words or lines in red or in double size, numerous marginal notes (smudging, staining, repairs), signed Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Nadr al-Bukhari and dated Rajab 517, in brown morocco Ottoman 18th century binding with central stamped medallion
folio 12½ x 8in. (32 x 20.5cm.)

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This lexicon is arranged in sections according to the last letter of each root; each of these in turn is divided according to the first letter of the root.

This is a very early and remarkably complete copy of this work. The marginal notes are probably in the hand of Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-Maidani (d. AH 518/1124 AD)

See also MSS. 845-9, dated AH 658/1260 AD in the supplementary catalogue of the British Library; MS. 254, dated AH 724/1324 AD in Princeton University Library; MS. 753, dated 1580 AD in the John Rylands Library.

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