Title: ‘Uddatul Husn Al-Haseen Min Kalam Sayyid Al Mursaleen | عدة حصن الحصين من كلام سيد المرسلين
Author: Abu al-Khayr Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Jazari (D. 833H) | أبو الخير شمس الدين محمد بن محمد بن محمد بن علي بن يوسف الجزري
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Date: End of Safar, 1108H | 1696 CE
Script: Naskh
Size: 16 X 10.6 CM
Folios: 110ff.
Description:11 lines/page | European laid paper with several watermarks: (1) Grapes (ex. F17), very similar design to those of the late 1600’s archived in GRAVELL, (2) 2 circles and M motif, not discernible due to being cut off, but may have a cross on top (Ex. f28), (3) crown with cross on top. There are some Arabic/oriental paper used for some folios, they are darker in color- with a reddish and/or yellowish tint| Modern full-leather binding in oriental style with blind tooled ornamentation |Ta’qeebaat (catchwords) on Verso | Black ink with rubrication of chapters/sections, minimal glosses, matn within double lined red border
Incipit:الحمد لله رب العالمين. القايل
Explicit: تم كتاب عده الحصن الحصين
Provenance: N/A
Research Notes: There are many manuscripts of Uddatul Husan al Haseen available in many libraries around the world and in personal collections. (more research required).
Accession #: Ms.004c