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Collection of miscellaneous Arabic poems : manuscript

Title
Collection of miscellaneous Arabic poems : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 19th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (239 leaves) ; 25 cm
Language
Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: The collection starts with: "Dawr. Qultu Yā Sittī Raḥmah // mā tuʻāmilīnī bi-al-maʻrūf. Dūl wulaydāt Miṣr milāḥ // wa-yaḍḥakū wa-awlād maʻrūf. Mā ḥad ʻāshartuhu qablaki // illā wa-yabqā ʻalá al-makshūf. ʻAlá shān mā innī madmūkah // fī khiff wa-yā shaʻrīyah. Qultī ʻalayya la-akīduhu // yaʻnī ka-minki shalabīyah ..."
البداية: تبدأ المجموعة بـِ: "دور. قلت يا ستي رحمة // ما تعامليني بالمعروف. دول وليدات مصر ملاح // ويضحكوا وأولاد معروف. ما حد عاشرته قبلك // إلّا ويبقا على المكشوف. على شان ما انّي مدموكة // في خفّ ويا شعرية. قلتي عليّ لأكيده // يعني كمنك شلبية ..."
Secundo folio: Alfayn jamal Yā Sittī Raḥmah // wa-aḥmāl tusāfiru quddāmī.
بداية الورقة الثانية: ألفين جمل يا ستي رحمة // وأحمال تسافر قدامي.
17 x 24.5 cm; written surface: 12 x 17 cm; 20 lines per page.
Binding: Unbound. Some quires are numbered.
In fair naskh script, in black ink, on bluish white paper; headings and markings in red; few notes on the margins; catchwords.
Colophon: No colophon. Text ends abruptly with: "... Wa-qāla baʻḍ al-muḥibbīn min al-ghazal ayḍan: Saqānī shurbatan min rīqi fīhi // wa-ḥayya bi-al-ʻidhāri wa-mā yalīhi. Wa-bāta ..."
الخاتمة: لا يوجد خاتمة. ينتهي النص فجأةً بـِ: "... وقال بعض المحبّين من الغزل أيضًا: سقاني شربةً من ريق فيه // وحيَّ بالعذار وما يليه. وبات ..."
In Arabic.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Collection of miscellaneous Arabic poems, mostly in dialectical Arabic, some in classical Arabic, by well-known poets. The manuscript ends abruptly. Name of copyist/compiler, and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 19th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2022
References
Collection of miscellaneous Arabic poems. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Collection of miscellaneous Arabic poems. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Arabic - 19th century.
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