Lot 177: Kitāb Matn Mulḥāt al-Iʿrāb wa al-Ajwibah al-Jalīyah fī...
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Kitāb Matn Mulḥāt al-Iʿrāb wa al-Ajwibah al-Jalīyah fī al-Uṣūl al-Naḥwiyyah, with al-Muthallathāt al-Darīr and al-Qaṭariyyah, Copied 1770 CE, Church of the Resurrection, Jerusalem.
An Arabic grammatical manuscript comprising Matn Mulḥat al-Iʿrāb (a didactic poem on Arabic grammar), accompanied by al-Ajwibah al-Jalīyah fī al-Uṣūl al-Naḥwiyyah, together with additional grammatical texts including al-Muthallathāt al-Darīr and al-Qaṭariyyah. The compilation reflects the traditional pedagogical curriculum of Arabic grammar and linguistic sciences.
The manuscript is dated 1770 CE and was written in Jerusalem at the Church of the Resurrection (al-Qiyāmah), as recorded in the colophon. This detail situates the work within the scholarly milieu of 18th-century Ottoman Jerusalem, illustrating the continued production and study of Arabic grammatical texts in the region.
The text is written in black ink in a clear naskh hand, with rubrication in red for headings, key grammatical terms, and structural divisions. Numerous marginal annotations and interlinear glosses in black ink indicate sustained scholarly use and study. Some folios exhibit water staining, edge wear, and small losses, consistent with age and handling.
Approximately 20 x 15.2cm
Provenance: Private collection from a distinguished W London collector.
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