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Abu Nasr Isma’il ibn Hammad al-Jawhari (d. circa 1002-09), al-Sahah fi’l-lugha, copied by Sharaf-al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Wahid al-Katib and finished by Yahya ibn ‘Ali ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mashhadi, Western Persia, Jazira or Anatolia, dated 727 AH/1326-27 AD
Description
- ink on paper with leather binding
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
For other copies of this work see C. Rieu, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum, Hildesheim, 2013 (reprint of the 1894 British Museum edition), p.577, nos.845 & 846; U. Lyons, A Handlist of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, 1966, Indexes, p.33; A. Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, 1934, pp.1001-02, no.753 [642]; C. Baker (ed.), Subject-Guide to the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Library, London, 2001, K.2: Arabic Language: Lexicography and Philology, pp.285-6;C. Brockelmann, GAL, I., 128; S.I., 196.
Another copy of the same text, copied for the Injuid ruler Abu Ishaq and dated 743 AH/1342 AD is in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (see Adamova & Bayani, Persian Painting, The Arts of the Book and Portraiture, 2015, pp.127-131, cat.12).