Morocco, Rabat, The Ḥasaniyya Library (Bibliothèque Royale), 2090

Averroes' Commentary onAvicenna's Cantica
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 123 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 180 x 228 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    With foliation and catchwords
  • Condition Description:
    Damaged, worm-holes
  • Decoration:
    Cantica-verses: red ink, commentary: black ink Body of text framed by three lines: the two inner lines in red, the outer line is thicker and in blue
  • Layout:
    Text set in one column

    21 lines to the page; line spacing: 8 mm
  • Hand Description:
    Maghribi script, clear writing, no name of scribe given
    Body of text: 121 x 182 mm
  • Binding Description:
    Red leather cover with drawings; flap in crimson; sewed.
History
  • Origin Date: November 26th, 1742 (end of manuscript: Ramaḍān 28th, 1155 h.)
  • Origin Place: Western Islamic World, presumably Morocco
  • Leila Abu-Shams , "Descripción de cuatro manuscritos de la obra Šarḥ urǧūzat / Alfīyat Ibn Sīnā hallados en la Biblioteca Real de Rabat", in: Anaquel de Estudios Árabes 7 (1996) , pp. 9 - 14
  • Muḥammad A. Khaṭṭābī , Catalogues of al-Hassania Library Vol. Vol. 4, Rabat (1985)
  • Muḥammad A. Khaṭṭābī , Catalogues of the Royal Library. Section of the manuscripts of medicine, pharmacy and allied sciences Vol. Vol. 2, Rabat (1982)
Content
Averroes Commentary on Avicenna’s Cantica x - x