A Christianized version, the names of the two principal figures being spelled Barlām and Yuwāṣaf. and Beginning missing.
Alternative Title:
Barlaam and Joasaph. Arabic.
Description:
Fairly modern (18th century?) calligraphic naskhī, in red and black., Islamic binding, in brown., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Title as above supplied by a modern hand inside front cover.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Belles lettres., Christian literature., and Islamic binding.
Fables translated by ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʻ from the Pehlevi version of Bīdpāī's Panchatantra., Lacuna between leaves 40 and 41., and Leaves 1 verso-2 verso contain a preface by Silvestre de Sacy.
Alternative Title:
Fables of Bidpai. Arabic. and Kalīlah wa-Dimnah. Arabic.
Description:
Islamic binding, in black., Modern (19th century) naskhī., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Subject (Name):
Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, -approximately 760. and Silvestre de Sacy, A. I. (Antoine Isaac), 1758-1838.
Sayfī Āqbāy, Muḥammad ibn Jānī Bak, 15th cent.
Call Number:
Landberg MSS 31
Image Count:
366
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Anthology, in prose and verse, on the subject of virtues and vices, being an abridgment of the Ghurar al-khaṣāʾiṣ al-wāḍiḥah wa-ʻurar al-naqāʾiṣ al-fāḍiḥah of Muḥammad al-Waṭwāṭ., Copied in A.H. 1103 (A.D. 1692)., Followed (leaves 174-76) by a fāʾidah on the subject of coffee by one al-Ujhūrī., and Followed by 1 leaf of notes.
Description:
Calligraphic naskhī, in red and black.
Subject (Name):
Ujhūrī. Sharḥ al-ṣaghīr. and Waṭwāṭ, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá, 1235-1318. Ghurar al-khaṣāʾiṣ al-wāḍiḥah wa-ʻurar al-naqāʾiṣ al-fāḍiḥah.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Belles lettres. and Miscellanea--Coffee.
A literary work, in prose and verse; followed (33-38) by some minor pieces, supposedly by the same author. and Copied in A.H. 603 (A.D. 1206).
Description:
Good naskhī, in red and black. and On leaf 1 recto is written: "E. Scheidius. 1767." From the library of Silvestre de Sacy (Catalogue, no. 163). Presented to Yale by Edward Elbridge Salisbury in 1870.
Subject (Name):
Scheidius, Everard,--1742-1794--Ownership. and Silvestre de Sacy, A. I.--(Antoine Isaac),--1758-1838--Ownership.
