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995341730X (facsim. ed.) |
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9789953417301 (facsim. ed.) |
| Descript |
167 [i.e. 334] p. : col. ill. ; 38 cm. + introductory vol. (42, XXII p. ; 38 cm.) |
| Notes |
Limited edition facsimile of Bibliothèque nationale mss arabe 5847. This edition comprises an exact facsimile of the manuscript in its original format of 370 x 280 mm |
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Text in Arabic; introduction in English by Oleg Grabar, with French, German, and Arabic translations |
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Title from t.p. of introductory vol.: Maqamat Al-Hariri |
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Title from added t.p. of introductory vol.: Nuskhah ṭibqa al-aṣl li-makhṭūṭat Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī |
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Title from case: Maquamat al-Hariri, 13th century Arabic manuscript |
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Issued in case |
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"'The 1237 manuscript of the Maqamat of Hariri' Among the treasures of the rich collection of manuscripts at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris is a codex of 168 folios (arabe 5847) with 101 illustrations containing the complete text of what is called al-Maqamat al-Haririyah in a decorated cartouche awkwardly located on the upper part of the first folio. The manuscript is sometimes known as the Schefer Maqamat, because it was given to the Bibliotheque Nationale by the orientalist scholar Charles Schefer, who probably acquired it somewhere in the Ottoman empire, where he had spent many years. Not much else is known about the exact provenance or past history of the manuscript. Al-Maqamat is the title of a book written by one Abu Muhammad al-Qasim ibn Ali al-Hariri (1054-1122) containing fifty relatively short stories ("settings" or "sessions," as the word maqamat can be translated), each one identified by the name of a city in the Muslim world of the time. The stories relate the actual adventures and especially the verbal pronouncements in verse or in prose of a roguish and peripatetic hero, Abu Zayd from Saruj, a town in northern Syria, as told by one al-Harith, a sober and slightly gullible merchant travelling from place to place." --Grabar, publisher's website, viewed Nov. 15, 2006 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Facsimile volume bound in dark brown leather with embossed decorations covering external surfaces, envelope-style binding. Accompanying volume is bound in dark brown silk over board with red designs printed on the silk, and with brown leather covering the spine. Case is covered in the same dark brown silk, with a large gold design printed on front and back, with the title stamped in gold and black on a red square, centered within the design |
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Library's copy is no. 237 of 2000 |
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DONATED: A gift from Harold R. & Marian Condit. |
| Subject |
Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122. Maqāmāt -- Illustrations
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Bibliothèque nationale de France. Manuscript. Arabe 5847
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Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
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Manuscripts, Arabic -- France -- Paris
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Picaresque literature, Arabic
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| Alt Author |
Wāsiṭī, Yaḥyá ibn Maḥmūd, 13th cent
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Grabar, Oleg
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Bibliothèque nationale de France. Manuscript. Arabe 5847
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| Alt Title |
Maqāmāt. 2003
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Maqamat Al-Hariri |
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Maquamat al-Hariri, 13th century Arabic manuscript |
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Nuskhah ṭibqa al-aṣl li-makhṭūṭat Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī |
| Included Work |
Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī
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