Morocco, Rabat, The Ḥasaniyya Library (Bibliothèque Royale), 2432

Averroes' Commentary onAvicenna's Cantica
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 99 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 153 x 200 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    No foliation, with catchwords
  • Condition Description:
    Rather damaged, worm-holes
  • Decoration:
    If a letter is lengthened at the end of a line this is marked by a red line above the letter. Cantica-verses: red ink, commentary: black ink
  • Layout:
    Text set in one column

    24 lines to the page; line spacing: 5 mm
  • Hand Description:
    Maghribi script, clear writing, no name of scribe given
    Body of text: 103 x 158 mm
  • Binding Description:
    Red leather cover with engraved pattern; flap in crimson (with geometrical ornaments); sewed.
  • Provenance:
    In Cruz Hernández this manuscript has the reference no. "2482" (misprint).
History
  • Origin Date: No date given
  • 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
  • Note:
    Erratum in the book of Cruz Hernández : shelfmark "2482" instead of "2432"