France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, arab. 5403

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, arab. 5403

Averroes' treatise "The Distinguished Jurist's Primer"
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 526 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 240 x 175 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Catchwords; foliation done by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in 1896 ; mistake: number 493 has been left out, see ff. 492r- 494r . The DARE foliation represents the correct counting.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column.

    About 16 to 24 lines to the page
  • Hand Description:
    One hand; the manuscript is written in Sudanese Naskhī script; brownish-black ink.
    Scribe: Aḥmad b. Abbā b. Abī-l-Ḥasan
  • Acquisition:
    The manuscript has been recorded as part of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France on October 29th, 1896 , see f. x4 .
  • Provenance:
    This manuscript is part of a collection of 590 manuscripts, most of them dating from the mid 19th century , which originally belonged to the Royal Palace of king Ahmadou Tall ( 1836 - 1897 ) in Ségou (Mali) . Eventually these manuscripts came to Paris after, in 1894 , French troops under general Louis Archinard ( 1850 - 1932 ) had looted the palace.
History
  • Origin Date: February 23rd, 1854 (Jumāda al-awwal 25th, 1270 h.)
  • Origin Place: Ségou (Mali)
  • Edgar Blochet , Catalogue des manuscrits arabes des nouvelles acquisitions (1884-1924), Paris (1925) [Link]
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France: Bnf. Gallica - Online catalogue [Link]
Content
Averroes The Distinguished Jurist's Primer 1v - 526r
  • Note:
    It is very likely that this is the manuscript to which Cruz Hernández refers without giving a shelfmark of the manuscript.
  • Colophon:
    Scribe and date are mentioned in the colophon, see f. 526r .