Kitāb Kalīlah wa-Dimnah.

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Description

Alternative Title

Fables of Bidpai. Arabic.
Kalīlah wa-Dimnah. Arabic.

Contributor

Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, -approximately 760.
Silvestre de Sacy, A. I. (Antoine Isaac), 1758-1838.

Published / Created

[18--?]

Abstract

Fables translated by ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʻ from the Pehlevi version of Bīdpāī's Panchatantra.

Lacuna between leaves 40 and 41.

Leaves 1 verso-2 verso contain a preface by Silvestre de Sacy.

Description

Islamic binding, in black.
Modern (19th century) naskhī.
Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.

Extent

57 leaves (in 1 volume); 20.5 x 16 cm.

Extent of Digitization

This object has been completely digitized.

Language

Arabic

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, -approximately 760.
Silvestre de Sacy, A. I. (Antoine Isaac), 1758-1838.
Subject (Topic): Arabic language and literature--Belles lettres.

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Citation: Ahlwardt, W. Verzeichniss, 8461.
Brockelmann, I, 151; S I, p. 234.
Hitti, 176.