Title: Hashiyah Al-‘Allamah As-Sujaa’ee ‘Alal Qatr li Mu’alafihi Al Imam Al Himam Al-‘Allamah Ibn Hisham | حاشية العلامة السجاعي على القطر لمؤلفه الامام الهمام العلامة ابن هشام
Author:Ahmed bin Ahmed bin Muhammad As-Sujaa’ee Al-Badrawi Al-Azhari (D. 1197H) | أحمد بن أحمد بن محمد السجاعي البدراوي الأزهري
Scribe: Lithographic print in Bulaq Printing Press; Cairo, Egypt
Script: Naskh
Date: 1272H | 1856 CE
Size: 22.8 X 17.78 CM
Folios: 71ff.
Description: 33 Lines/page |Mostly European laid paper, watermarked with Trelune watermark- some pages on oriental wove paper.| There is water damage on this book and the cover is in bad shape, it is leather and cloth on the inside.| Black ink with rubrication of Qawluhu, the text isn’t laid out in the straight lines- numerous areas where the text is squeezed | The text is readable and there is no loss of text.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. حمدا لمن رفع فى الدارين قدر أحبابه، والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد الذى خفض الكفر مع أصحابه وعلى آله
Explicit :والله أعلم بالصواب وإليه المرجع والمأب
Provenance: Private Collection
Research Notes: Lithograph- printed in Al-Amiriyah Press in Bulaq, Cairo Egypt. The Bulaq press was the first official printing press of Egypt, established by Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha in 1820 CE. The original work in which this lithograph was based on was completed on Friday of Sha’ban in 1197 Hilali (lunar) calendar (Hijri date) and this work was published by Bulaq with the funding of Muhammad Effendi Zaki on 1772H and checking of Nasr Al Humrini Abul Wafaa’. Lithography is an old print method invented in 1796 in Germany where the scribe hand writes the text on a smooth stone (limestone) plate and ink is applied an pressed on the paper. Lithograph prints can often resemble handwriting when the original slate is handwritten. Most lithography made use of offset prints as handwritten slates became less common. This is a very early publication from Bulaaq Press.
Accession #: Ms.037c