Title
al-Kawākib al-Bāhira min al-Nujūm al-Zāhira
الكواكب الباهرة من النجوم الزاهرة
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
Ibn Taghrībirdī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abu l-Maḥāsin Yūsuf al-Atābkī
Physical description
الجزء الثالث; صفحات 261 (+4) ; عدد السطور بالصفحة (غير منتظم); طول الصفحة 279 ملم; عرض الصفحة 183 ملم
Volumes 3; Folios 261 (+ iv) : Number of lines per page (inconsistent) ; Leaf height 279 mm; Leaf width 183 mm
- Volume
3
- Lines
Inconsistent
- Dimensions
Leaf height 279 mm; Leaf width 183 mm
- Text Area
not fixed (sometimes the copyist writes the text vertically and horizontally).
- Number of folios
261 (+ iv)
- Binding
Brown leather decorated with small tools, and decorated envelope flap tucked under the upper cover. The inside of the covers are brown leather and glued to the first and last folios of the codex.
Manuscript description
The folio f.307b has a beautiful visualization of poetry which drawn in a shape of a flower where letter Ḥ is in the center (as each verse starts with it), and the rest of the verses are written on a circular shape on the petals
The folios f.308a and f.308b have a text which the copyist claim that it is a letter sent by the Muslims of al-Andalus to the Sultan al-Malik al-Ẓahir Qanṣūh, complaining about the injustices of the King of Qashtālah, and his torture of the Muslims . Writing Surface is not fixed (sometimes the copyist writes the text vertically and horizontally). There are some folios from other works attached to the codex which are written on newer papers (whiter with clear chain lines). Very extensive use of the margins which contain: several commentary and correction notes. Completion of sentences in the margin, and highlighting the names of persons and the topics discussed in the text. Several passages are left blank. There is a note on f.1b which says that this work is part of a majmūʿ contains poetry, stories, akhbār, and historiographical works. Some of the folios are indeed from other works like (f.86-f.95) but they are no longer organized. The first folio (f.1a) and flyleaf have several poetry verses which might be quoted from the old majmūʿ. The title of the book is written by a different hand on the margins of f.1b.
The folios f.308a and f.308b have a text which the copyist claim that it is a letter sent by the Muslims of al-Andalus to the Sultan al-Malik al-Ẓahir Qanṣūh, complaining about the injustices of the King of Qashtālah, and his torture of the Muslims . Writing Surface is not fixed (sometimes the copyist writes the text vertically and horizontally). There are some folios from other works attached to the codex which are written on newer papers (whiter with clear chain lines). Very extensive use of the margins which contain: several commentary and correction notes. Completion of sentences in the margin, and highlighting the names of persons and the topics discussed in the text. Several passages are left blank. There is a note on f.1b which says that this work is part of a majmūʿ contains poetry, stories, akhbār, and historiographical works. Some of the folios are indeed from other works like (f.86-f.95) but they are no longer organized. The first folio (f.1a) and flyleaf have several poetry verses which might be quoted from the old majmūʿ. The title of the book is written by a different hand on the margins of f.1b.
- Ownership Statement
Ownership statement on f.1a which says that this book is owned by its copyist “Muḥammad ʿUmar al-Abūdarī”. An ownership stamp of the library of Sultan Ahmet III (f.1a). TKSM stamp on f.1a.
- Colophon
No colophon, but there is an ownership statement on f.1a which says that this book is owned by its copyist “Muḥammad ʿUmar al-Abūdarī”.
- Completeness
The biography of the last sultan is incomplete.
- Catchwords
Consistent use of catchwords
- Script
- Style
Naskh script
- Ink
Black ink. Non-consistent use of red rubrication and overlining, and red inverted commas around poetry hemistichs.
- Writing material
- Material
Oriental paper
- Color
Some papers are darker and thicker
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0874IbnTaghribirdi.KawakibBahira
Collection and Call number
Topkapi Palace Museum- Sultan Ahmet III (Sultanahmet Kütüphanesi) - A. 2977
- Location
Topkapi Palace Museum- Sultan Ahmet III
- Current classmark
A. 2977
- Alternate Classmark
There is an old call number of the manuscript on f.1a “Tārīkh 188”.
Genre
Annalistic History
Historiography
Historiography
Date
نسخت في القرن الخامس عشر الميلادي
Copied in the 15th century CE
Language
Arabic
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