Colophon of v. 3 dated 1655., Signatures: v. 3: A-4I⁴ 4K²., and Vol. 3 has sub-title: Theatrum hieroglyphicum, hoc est, noua & hucusque intentata obeliscorum coeterorumque hieroglyphicorum monumentorum, quae tùm Romae, tùm in Aegypto ac celebrioribus Europae musaeis adhuc supersunt, interpretatio iuxta sensum physicum, tropologicum, mysticum, historicum, politicum, magicum, medicum, mathematicum, cabalisticum, hermeticum, sophicum, theosophicum; ex omni orientalium doctrina & sapientia demonstrata.
Publisher:
Ex typographia Vitalis Mascardi
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, Egypt--History, and Egypt--Religion
Subject (Topic):
Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic and Hermetism--Early works to 1800
Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?
Published / Created:
A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878)
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 431
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Copied in A.H. 1295 (A.D. 1878)., Short poem in praise of the Prophet., and The attribution to al-Būṣīrī is probably fictitious; the meter (basīṭ) is the same as in al-Būṣīrī's Qaṣīdat al-burdah.
Description:
Copied in the form of a primer of calligraphy; calligraphic hand., Islamic binding, in maroon., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Poetry, Arabic language and literature--Primers (Calligraphy), and Islamic binding.